אֵיתָןʼÊythân

proper name, masculine: a wise man (1 Kings 5:11; 1 Chronicles 2:6; 1 Chronicles 2:8; 1 Chronicles 6:27; 1 Chronicles 6:29)

Pronunciation: ay-thawn' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H387

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 8 times in the Bible.

  • 1 Kings 4:31 He was wiser than anyone else, including Ethan the Ezrahite and the sons of Mahol—Heman, Calcol, and Darda. His fame spread throughout all the surrounding nations.
  • 1 Chronicles 2:6 The sons of Zerah were Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Darda—five in all.
  • 1 Chronicles 2:8 The son of Ethan was Azariah.
  • 1 Chronicles 6:42 Ethan, Zimmah, Shimei,
  • 1 Chronicles 6:44 Heman’s second assistant was Ethan from the clan of Merari. Ethan’s genealogy was traced back through Kishi, Abdi, Malluch,
  • 1 Chronicles 15:17 So the Levites appointed Heman son of Joel along with his fellow Levites: Asaph son of Berekiah, and Ethan son of Kushaiah from the clan of Merari.
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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).