אֵיתָןʼêythân
perennial, ever-flowing, figurative permanent, as substantive steady flow, permanence
Pronunciation: ay-thawn' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H386
Meanings
1. ever-flowing (Amos 5:24; Deuteronomy 21:4; Psalms 74:15)
2. permanent, enduring (Jeremiah 5:15; Job 33:19; Genesis 49:24)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 13 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 49:24 But his bow remained taut, and his arms were strengthened by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, by the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel.
- Exodus 14:27 So as the sun began to rise, Moses raised his hand over the sea, and the water rushed back into its usual place. The Egyptians tried to escape, but the Lord swept them into the sea.
- Numbers 24:21 Then he looked over toward the Kenites and delivered this message: “Your home is secure; your nest is set in the rocks.
- Deuteronomy 21:4 They must lead it down to a valley that has not been plowed or planted and that has a stream running through it. There in the valley they must break the heifer’s neck.
- Job 12:19 He leads priests away, stripped of status; he overthrows those with long years in power.
- Job 33:19 “Or God disciplines people with pain on their sickbeds, with ceaseless aching in their bones.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).