Strong H3874 sensesאֵיתָן

Ethan

Transliteration
'êythân
Pronunciation
ay-thawn'

Meaning of the name

Ethan = "enduring"

The 4 senses of Strong H387

The lexicon tells 4 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H387 appears in 7 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

  1. Levitical musician and singer during David's reignH387J3 verses · 1 Chronicles
  2. Son of Zerah; grandson of Judah.H387H2 verses · 1 Chronicles
  3. Wise man; Ezrahite; author of Psalm 89.H387G1 verse · 1 Kings
  4. A Gershonite Levite, son of ZimmahH387I1 verse · 1 Chronicles

General definition

The same as H386; permanent;
{Ethan} the name of four Israelites: - Ethan.

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • ethan7

First verses

  1. 1 Kings 4:31
    For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all nations round about.
  2. 1 Chronicles 2:6
    And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all.
  3. 1 Chronicles 2:8
    And the sons of Ethan; Azariah.
  4. 1 Chronicles 6:42
    The son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei,
  5. 1 Chronicles 6:44
    And their brethren the sons of Merari stood on the left hand: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,
  6. 1 Chronicles 15:17
    So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;
  7. 1 Chronicles 15:19
    So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to sound with cymbals of brass;