Hebrew adjective · H386
אֵיתָן
ethanay-thawn'
strong
13 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʼêythân
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H386is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 10 of 39Old Testament books
- 10spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H386
permanence; hence (concrete) permanent; specifically a chieftain
The King James renders it: hard, mighty, rough, strength, strong.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
ethan is rendered "strong". It stands 13 times in the Hebrew text, across ten books.
- Three of the uses stand in Jeremiah, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 49:24Yet he steadied his bow, and his strong arms were tempered by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, in the name of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,
- The Greek text spells it ten different ways.
The first use
Yet he steadied his bow, and his strong arms were tempered by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, in the name of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,
Genesis 49:24בְּאֵיתָן֙
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- enduring3
- ever-flowing3
- an ever-flowing2
- and long established1
- and O enduring1
- constant1
- in permanence1
- to normal its1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| אֵיתָנִים | ethanim | Ethanim | Uses1 |
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
All 13, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
10 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- אֵיתָֽן׃3
- אֵיתָן֒2
- אֵיתָן֙1
- אֵיתָ֔ן1
- אֵיתָ֣ן1
- אֵתָֽן׃1
- בְּאֵיתָן֙1
- וְאֵֽתָנִ֣ים1
- וְהָאֵתָנִ֖ים1
- לְאֵ֣יתָנ֔וֹ1
The grammar of each form
- adjective · masculine singular9HAamsa
- conjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine plural1HC/Aampa
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine plural1HC/Td/Aampa
- preposition + adjective · masculine singular1HR/Aamsa
- preposition + adjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HR/Aamsc/Sp3ms
Genesis
one use
Yet he steadied his bow, and his strong arms were tempered by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, in the name of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,
- בְּאֵיתָן֙beeitanpreposition + adjective · masculine singulartagged: in permanence
Exodus
one use
So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and at daybreak the sea returned to its normal state. As the Egyptians were retreating, the LORD swept them into the sea.
- לְאֵ֣יתָנ֔וֹleeitanopreposition + adjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: to normal its
Numbers
one use
Next he saw the Kenites and lifted up an oracle, saying: “Your dwelling place is secure, and your nest is set in a cliff.
- אֵיתָן֙ʾeitanadjective · masculine singulartagged: enduring
Deuteronomy
one use
bring the heifer to a valley with running water that has not been plowed or sown, and break its neck there by the stream.
- אֵיתָ֔ןʾeitanadjective · masculine singulartagged: ever-flowing
Job
two uses
He leads priests away barefoot and overthrows the established.
- וְאֵֽתָנִ֣יםveetanimconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: and long established
A man is also chastened on his bed with pain and constant distress in his bones,
- אֵתָֽן׃ʾetanadjective · masculine singulartagged: constant
Psalms
one use
You broke open the fountain and the flood; You dried up the ever-flowing rivers.
- אֵיתָֽן׃ʾeitanadjective · masculine singulartagged: ever-flowing
Proverbs
one use
Good understanding wins favor, but the way of the faithless is difficult.
- אֵיתָֽן׃ʾeitanadjective · masculine singulartagged: enduring
Jeremiah
three uses
Behold, I am bringing a distant nation against you, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD. “It is an established nation, an ancient nation, a nation whose language you do not know and whose speech you do not understand.
- אֵיתָ֣ןʾeitanadjective · masculine singulartagged: enduring
Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan to the watered pasture. For in an instant I will chase Edom from her land. Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this? For who is like Me, and who can challenge Me? What shepherd can stand against Me?”
- אֵיתָן֒ʾeitanadjective · masculine singulartagged: an ever-flowing
Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan to the watered pasture. For in an instant I will chase Babylon from her land. Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this? For who is like Me, and who can challenge Me? What shepherd can stand against Me?”
- אֵיתָן֒ʾeitanadjective · masculine singulartagged: an ever-flowing
Amos
one use
But let justice roll on like a river, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
- אֵיתָֽן׃ʾeitanadjective · masculine singulartagged: ever-flowing
Micah
one use
Hear, O mountains, the LORD’s indictment, you enduring foundations of the earth. For the LORD has a case against His people, and He will argue it against Israel:
- וְהָאֵתָנִ֖יםvehaetanimconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: and O enduring
The letters
Gematria 461· 1,111 mispar gadol
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.