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Ethan name meaning bible. The root תנן tanan speaks of luring and scavenging and preying upon the weak and gullible. In the context of that passage vv. The name Ethan appears eight times in the Hebrew Bible 1 Kings.

BDB Theological Dictionary treats our name like an adjective and reads Of The Family Of Zerah where Zerah זרח meaning Sunrise is the father of five sons two of whom are called Ethan and Heman 1 Chronicles 26. Abarim Publications Biblical Dictionary. A Kohathite descendant of Levi.

Ethan means strength in Hebrew. 29 - 31 he is held up as a man of great wisdom exceeded perhaps only by Solomon. The name Ethan is identical to the adjective איתן etan meaning ever-flowing or perennial.

This name means an imposing and tall person. Hebrew Meaning of name. There was a Civil War battle ship a chain of furniture stores and an American submarine all named after the revolutionary leader Ethan Allen.

Ethan is a male given name of Hebrew origin איתן that means firm enduring strong and long-lived. Called there Ethan the Ezrahite to whom the title of Psalms 89 ascribes the authorship of that poem. A Merarite son of Kushaiah descendant of Levi.

Meaning of the name Ethan. Ethan-- perennial ever-flowing permanence. In the Old Testament this name is borne by a few minor characters including the wise man Ethan the Ezrahite supposedly the author of Psalm 89.