Etan אֵיתָן
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| אֵיתָן | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | etan |
| Strong's number | H386 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | adjective |
| Gloss | strong |
| Occurrences | 13 in 13 verses |
| Most frequent in | Jeremiah (3) |
Etan (Hebrew אֵיתָן, Strong's H386) is a Hebrew adjective meaning “strong”. It occurs 13 times in 13 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) perpetual, constant, perennial, ever-flowing
1a) ever-flowing (of a stream)
1b) permanence, permanent, enduring (fig.)
1a) ever-flowing (of a stream)
1b) permanence, permanent, enduring (fig.)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | strong (5), mighty (4), strength (2), rough (1), hard (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | its normal state (1), is secure (1), running water (1), established (1), constant (1), ever flowing (1), is difficult (1), is an established (1), like an ever flowing (1), you enduring (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Etan, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Genesis
- Genesis 49:24But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)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,
Exodus
- Exodus 14:27And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the Lord overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.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.
Numbers
- Numbers 24:21And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock.Next he saw the Kenites and lifted up an oracle, saying: “Your dwelling place is secure, and your nest is set in a cliff.
Deuteronomy
- Deuteronomy 21:4And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the heifer’s neck there in the valley:bring the heifer to a valley with running water that has not been plowed or sown, and break its neck there by the stream.
Job
- Job 12:19He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.He leads priests away barefoot and overthrows the established.
- Job 33:19He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain:A man is also chastened on his bed with pain and constant distress in his bones,
Psalms
- Psalm 74:15Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers.You broke open the fountain and the flood; You dried up the ever-flowing rivers.
Proverbs
- Proverbs 13:15Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard.Good understanding wins favor, but the way of the faithless is difficult.
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 5:15Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith the Lord: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say.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.
- Jeremiah 49:19Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make him run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?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?”
- Jeremiah 50:44Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan unto the habitation of the strong: but I will make them suddenly run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?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?”
Amos
- Amos 5:24But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.But let justice roll on like a river, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
Micah
- Micah 6:2Hear ye, O mountains, the Lord’s controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth: for the Lord hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel.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:
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).