[{"headword": "אֵיתָן", "parent_lexicon": "BDB Augmented Strong", "content": {"morphology": "a", "senses": [{"definition": "perpetual,  constant, perennial,  ever-flowing", "senses": [{"definition": "ever-flowing  (of a stream)"}, {"definition": "permanence,  permanent,  enduring (fig.)"}]}]}, "strong_number": "386", "transliteration": "ʼêythân", "pronunciation": "ay-thawn'", "language_code": "heb", "parent_lexicon_details": {"name": "BDB Augmented Strong", "language": "heb.biblical", "to_language": "eng", "text_categories": ["Tanakh, Torah", "Tanakh, Prophets", "Tanakh, Writings"], "source": "Open Scriptures on GitHub", "source_url": "https://github.com/openscriptures/strongs", "attribution": "Based on the work of Larry Pierce at the Online Bible", "attribution_url": "http://www.blueletterbible.org/contact/contact_gen.cfm"}}, {"headword": "אֵיתָן", "parent_lexicon": "BDB Augmented Strong", "content": {"morphology": "n-pr-m", "senses": [{"definition": "Ethan = \"enduring\""}, {"definition": "an Ezrahite known for his wisdom"}, {"definition": "a grandson of Judah,  father of Azariah"}, {"definition": "a Kohathite descendant of Levi"}, {"definition": "a Merarite son of Kushaiah,  descendant of Levi"}]}, "strong_number": "387", "transliteration": "ʼÊythân", "pronunciation": "ay-thawn'", "language_code": "x-pn", "parent_lexicon_details": {"name": "BDB Augmented Strong", "language": "heb.biblical", "to_language": "eng", "text_categories": ["Tanakh, Torah", "Tanakh, Prophets", "Tanakh, Writings"], "source": "Open Scriptures on GitHub", "source_url": "https://github.com/openscriptures/strongs", "attribution": "Based on the work of Larry Pierce at the Online Bible", "attribution_url": "http://www.blueletterbible.org/contact/contact_gen.cfm"}}, {"headword": "אֵיתָן", "parent_lexicon": "Jastrow Dictionary", "rid": "A01655", "language_code": "(b. h.;", "refs": ["Jastrow, *עוּת 1", "Jastrow, אִישֹׁון 1", "Jastrow, אֲשַׁן 1", "Niddah 48b:18", "Sotah 36b:14", "Rosh Hashanah 11a:8", "Rosh Hashanah 11a:7", "Bereishit Rabbah 98:9", "Bereishit Rabbah 98:20", "Sukkah 18a:15"], "language_reference": " <span dir=\"rtl\">אית</span>; cmp. <a dir=\"rtl\" class=\"refLink\" href=\"/Jastrow,_אִית.1\" data-ref=\"Jastrow, אִית 1\">אִית</a>, <a dir=\"rtl\" class=\"refLink\" href=\"/Jastrow,_*עוּת.1\" data-ref=\"Jastrow, *עוּת 1\">עוּת</a>, <a dir=\"rtl\" class=\"refLink\" href=\"/Jastrow,_אִישֹׁון.1\" data-ref=\"Jastrow, אִישֹׁון 1\">אִישֹׁון</a>, <a dir=\"rtl\" class=\"refLink\" href=\"/Jastrow,_אֲשַׁן.1\" data-ref=\"Jastrow, אֲשַׁן 1\"><a dir=\"rtl\" class=\"refLink\" href=\"/Jastrow,_אֲשַׁן.1\" data-ref=\"Jastrow, אֲשַׁן 1\">אֲשַׁן</a>)</a>", "content": {"senses": [{"definition": "<i>essence, permanent</i> or <i>normal condition</i>. <a class=\"refLink\" href=\"/Niddah.48b.18\" data-ref=\"Niddah 48b:18\">Nidd. 48ᵇ</a> <span dir=\"rtl\">חזר לאֵיתָנוֹ</span> obtained again its normal condition. <a class=\"refLink\" href=\"/Sotah.36b.14\" data-ref=\"Sotah 36b:14\">Sot. 36ᵇ</a> <span dir=\"rtl\">שבה קשתו לא׳</span> his membrum resumed its normal condition. (Cmp. <a class=\"refLink\" href=\"/Exodus.14.27\" data-ref=\"Exodus 14:27\">Ex. XIV, 27</a>).", "number": "1)"}, {"definition": " adj. <i>essential, strong</i>. <a class=\"refLink\" href=\"/Rosh_Hashanah.11a.8\" data-ref=\"Rosh Hashanah 11a:8\">R. Hash. 11ᵃ</a> א׳ לישנא דתקיפי <i>ethan</i> means <i>strong.—</i> Pl. <span dir=\"rtl\">אֵיתָנִים</span>. <a class=\"refLink\" href=\"/Rosh_Hashanah.11a.7\" data-ref=\"Rosh Hashanah 11a:7\">Ib.</a> <span dir=\"rtl\">אֵיתָנֵי עולם</span> the mighty of the world (patriarchs). <a class=\"refLink\" href=\"/Bereishit_Rabbah.98.20\" data-ref=\"Bereishit Rabbah 98:20\">Gen. R. s. 98</a> (play on <i>ăthono</i> <a class=\"refLink\" href=\"/Genesis.49.11\" data-ref=\"Genesis 49:11\">Gen. XLIX, 11</a>) <span dir=\"rtl\">בנים אֵתָנִים וכ׳</span> mighty sons (heroes) are destined to descend from him.", "number": "—2)"}, {"definition": " pr. n. river <i>Ethan</i>. <a class=\"refLink\" href=\"/Sukkah.18a.15\" data-ref=\"Sukkah 18a:15\">Succ. 18ᵃ</a> (Ms. M. <span dir=\"rtl\">נתן</span>); a. e.", "number": "—3)"}], "morphology": "m."}, "plural_form": ["אֵיתָנִים"], "alt_headwords": ["אֵתָן"], "quotes": [], "prev_hw": "אִיתְּמָל", "next_hw": "איתנטייה", "parent_lexicon_details": {"name": "Jastrow Dictionary", "language": "heb.talmudic", "to_language": "eng", "text_categories": [], "source": "Jastrow Dictionary", "attribution": "Rabbi Marcus Jastrow", "index_title": "Jastrow", "version_title": "London, Luzac, 1903", "version_lang": "en", "should_autocomplete": true}}, {"headword": "אֵיתָן", "parent_lexicon": "Klein Dictionary", "content": {"morphology": "adj.", "senses": [{"definition": "strong, firm, steadfast, stable.", "number": "1"}, {"definition": "an ever-flowing (wady).", "number": "2", "language_code": "NH"}]}, "rid": "A01060", "refs": ["Klein Dictionary, יתן 1", "Klein Dictionary, יתן 1", "Klein Dictionary, אֵיתָנוּת 1", "Klein Dictionary, אֵיתָנִי 1", "Klein Dictionary, אתן 1", "Klein Dictionary, אַתָּן 1", "Klein Dictionary, אֵיתָנוּת 1", "Klein Dictionary, אֵיתָנִי 1", "Klein Dictionary, אתן 1", "Klein Dictionary, אַתָּן 1"], "derivatives": "Derivatives: <a dir=\"rtl\" class=\"refLink\" href=\"/Klein Dictionary,_אֵיתָנוּת.1\" data-ref=\"Klein Dictionary, אֵיתָנוּת 1\">אֵיתָנוּת</a>, <a dir=\"rtl\" class=\"refLink\" href=\"/Klein Dictionary,_אֵיתָנִי.1\" data-ref=\"Klein Dictionary, אֵיתָנִי 1\">אֵיתָנִי</a>, <a dir=\"rtl\" class=\"refLink\" href=\"/Klein Dictionary,_אתן.1\" data-ref=\"Klein Dictionary, אתן 1\">אתן</a>, <a dir=\"rtl\" class=\"refLink\" href=\"/Klein Dictionary,_אַתָּן.1\" data-ref=\"Klein Dictionary, אַתָּן 1\">אַתָּן</a>.", "prev_hw": "אִיתוֹן", "next_hw": "אֵיתָ״ן", "notes": "[According to Barth derives from <a dir=\"rtl\" class=\"refLink\" href=\"/Klein Dictionary,_יתן.1\" data-ref=\"Klein Dictionary, יתן 1\">יתן</a>.]", "parent_lexicon_details": {"name": "Klein Dictionary", "language": "heb.modern", "to_language": "eng", "text_categories": [], "source": "Klein Dictionary", "attribution": "Ezra Klein", "index_title": "Klein Dictionary", "version_title": "Carta Jerusalem; 1st edition, 1987", "version_lang": "en", "should_autocomplete": true}}, {"headword": "אֵיתָן", "parent_lexicon": "BDB Dictionary", "content": {"senses": [{"definition": "v. <a data-ref=\"BDB, יתן\" href=\"/BDB,_יתן\", dir=\"rtl\">יתן</a>."}]}, "rid": "BDB00443", "strong_numbers": ["386", "387"], "next_hw": "אַךְ", "prev_hw": "אִיתָמָר³", "alt_headwords": [{"word": "אֵתָן"}], "quotes": [], "GK": ["419", "420"], "TWOT": ["935a", "935b"], "parent_lexicon_details": {"name": "BDB Dictionary", "language": "heb.biblical", "to_language": "eng", "text_categories": [], "source": "BDB Dictionary", "attribution": "F. Brown, S. Driver & C. Briggs", "index_title": "BDB", "version_title": "A Hebrew and English lexicon of the Old Testament, by Francis Brown. With the co-operation of S. R. Driver and Charles A. Briggs. Oxford, 1906", "version_lang": "en", "should_autocomplete": true}}, {"headword": "אֵיתָן²", "parent_lexicon": "BDB Dictionary", "content": {"senses": [{"definition": "<strong>adj. perennial, ever-flowing,</strong> fig. <strong>permanent</strong>, as subst. <strong>steady flow, permanence</strong>;—abs. <span dir=\"rtl\">אֵיתָן</span> <a data-ref=\"Genesis 49:24\" href=\"/Genesis.49.24\">Gn 49:24</a> + 8 times; <span dir=\"rtl\">אֵתָן</span> <a data-ref=\"Job 33:19\" href=\"/Job.33.19\">Jb 33:19</a>; sf. <span dir=\"rtl\">אֵיתָנוֹ</span> <a data-ref=\"Exodus 14:27\" href=\"/Exodus.14.27\">Ex 14:27</a>; pl. <span dir=\"rtl\">אֵיתָנִים</span> <a data-ref=\"Job 12:19\" href=\"/Job.12.19\">Jb 12:19</a>; <span dir=\"rtl\">אֵתָנִים</span> <a data-ref=\"I Kings 8:2\" href=\"/I_Kings.8.2\">1 K 8:2</a> <a data-ref=\"Micah 6:2\" href=\"/Micah.6.2\">Mi 6:2</a>; (in form, an ‘elative,’ Ew<sup>§ 162 b</sup> = Arabic compar. and superl.;—"}, {"senses": [{"definition": "3 (opp. <span dir=\"rtl\">אַכְזָב</span>), <span dir=\"rtl\">נַחַל אֵיתָן</span> <a data-ref=\"Amos 5:24\" href=\"/Amos.5.24\">Am 5:24</a> an 3 wādy, <a data-ref=\"Deuteronomy 21:4\" href=\"/Deuteronomy.21.4\">Dt 21:4</a> (v. Dr); as subst. in <span dir=\"rtl\">נַהֲרוֹת אֵיתָן</span> <a data-ref=\"Psalms 74:15\" href=\"/Psalms.74.15\">ψ 74:15</a> <em>rivers of steady flow;</em> as subst. also <a data-ref=\"Exodus 14:27\" href=\"/Exodus.14.27\">Ex 14:27</a> (J), the sea returned <span dir=\"rtl\">לְאֵיתָנוֹ</span> to its <em>steady flow</em>, <span dir=\"rtl\">יֶרַח הָאֵיתָנִים</span> <a data-ref=\"I Kings 8:2\" href=\"/I_Kings.8.2\">1 K 8:2</a> month of <em>steady flowings</em> = 7th mo., Oct.–Nov. (post-Bibl Tisri)."}], "num": "1."}, {"senses": [{"definition": "fig. <em>permanent, enduring</em> <span dir=\"rtl\">גּוֹי אֵיתָן הוּא</span> <a data-ref=\"Jeremiah 5\" href=\"/Jeremiah.5\">Je 5</a>;<a data-ref=\"Jeremiah 15\" href=\"/Jeremiah.15\">15</a>, i. e. a nation whose numbers never dwindle or fail, <em>imperishable</em>, <span dir=\"rtl\">וְרִיב עֲצָמָיו א׳</span> <a data-ref=\"Job 33:19\" href=\"/Job.33.19\">Jb 33:19</a> Kt the strife of his bones is <em>constant</em>, <a data-ref=\"Genesis 49:24\" href=\"/Genesis.49.24\">Gn 49:24</a> his bow abode <span dir=\"rtl\">בְּא׳</span> as an <em>enduring, firm</em>, one, <span dir=\"rtl\">א׳ מוֹשָֽׁבְךָ</span> <a data-ref=\"Numbers 24:21\" href=\"/Numbers.24.21\">Nu 24:21</a> (‖ <span dir=\"rtl\">שִׂים בַּסֶּלַע</span>), <span dir=\"rtl\">נְוֵה אֵיתָן</span> <a data-ref=\"Jeremiah 49:19\" href=\"/Jeremiah.49.19\">Je 49:19</a> = <a data-ref=\"Jeremiah 50:44\" href=\"/Jeremiah.50.44\">50:44</a> an abode of <em>permanency</em> (of Edom, and Babylon, suddenly depopulated by foe, figured as lion); <span dir=\"rtl\">האיתנים מוסדי ארץ</span> <a data-ref=\"Micah 6:2\" href=\"/Micah.6.2\">Mi 6:2</a> ye <em>ever-enduring</em> ones, the foundations of the earth (but read prob. with We <span dir=\"rtl\">הַאֲזִינוּ</span>), <a data-ref=\"Job 12:19\" href=\"/Job.12.19\">Jb 12:19</a> <span dir=\"rtl\">אֵיתָנִים יְסַלֵּף</span> he subverteth them that are <em>firmly seated</em> (i.e. men established in hereditary offices or dignities). Very uncertain is <a data-ref=\"Proverbs 13:15\" href=\"/Proverbs.13.15\">Pr 13:15</a> <span dir=\"rtl\">דֶּרֶךְ בֹּגְדִים אֵיתָן</span>, perhaps <em>firm, hard, rugged</em> (Ew De Hi Now: according to Str. the text is corrupt)."}], "num": "2."}]}, "rid": "BDB04307", "strong_numbers": ["386", "387"], "next_hw": "אֵיתָן³", "prev_hw": "יתן", "all_cited": true, "ordinal": "I.", "alt_headwords": [{"word": "אֵתָן"}], "quotes": [], "GK": ["419", "420"], "TWOT": ["935a", "935b"], "parent_lexicon_details": {"name": "BDB Dictionary", "language": "heb.biblical", "to_language": "eng", "text_categories": [], "source": "BDB Dictionary", "attribution": "F. Brown, S. Driver & C. Briggs", "index_title": "BDB", "version_title": "A Hebrew and English lexicon of the Old Testament, by Francis Brown. With the co-operation of S. R. Driver and Charles A. Briggs. Oxford, 1906", "version_lang": "en", "should_autocomplete": true}}, {"headword": "אֵיתָן³", "parent_lexicon": "BDB Dictionary", "content": {"senses": [{"definition": "<strong>n.pr.m.</strong> a wise man <a data-ref=\"I Kings 5:11\" href=\"/I_Kings.5.11\">1 K 5:11</a> (where called <span dir=\"rtl\">הָאֶזְרָחִי</span>) named with <span dir=\"rtl\">הֵימָן</span>, <span dir=\"rtl\">כַּלְכֹּל</span>, <span dir=\"rtl\">דַּרְדַּע</span>; cf. <a data-ref=\"I Chronicles 2:6\" href=\"/I_Chronicles.2.6\">1 Ch 2:6</a> (where these 4 with <span dir=\"rtl\">זִמְרִי</span> are <span dir=\"rtl\">בְּנֵי זֶרַח</span>); also <a data-ref=\"I Chronicles 2:8\" href=\"/I_Chronicles.2.8\">2:8</a>; <a data-ref=\"I Chronicles 6:27\" href=\"/I_Chronicles.6.27\">6:27</a>; called <span dir=\"rtl\">בֶּן־קִישִׁי</span> <a data-ref=\"I Chronicles 6:29\" href=\"/I_Chronicles.6.29\">6:29</a> = <span dir=\"rtl\">בֶּן־קוּשָׁיָ֫הוּ</span> <a data-ref=\"I Chronicles 15:17\" href=\"/I_Chronicles.15.17\">15:17</a>, where, and v <a data-ref=\"I Chronicles 2:19\" href=\"/I_Chronicles.2.19\">19</a>, named as Levit. singer with <span dir=\"rtl\">הֵימָן</span> and <span dir=\"rtl\">אָסָף</span> (q.v.; <span dir=\"rtl\">יְדוּתוּן</span> for <span dir=\"rtl\">אֵיתָן</span> in this group <a data-ref=\"I Chronicles 25:1\" href=\"/I_Chronicles.25.1\">1 Ch 25:1</a>, <a data-ref=\"I Chronicles 25:6\" href=\"/I_Chronicles.25.6\">6</a> <a data-ref=\"II Chronicles 5:12\" href=\"/II_Chronicles.5.12\">2 Ch 5:12</a>; <a data-ref=\"II Chronicles 35:15\" href=\"/II_Chronicles.35.15\">35:15</a>, v. <a data-ref=\"BDB, יְדוּתוּן\" href=\"/BDB,_יְדוּתוּן\", dir=\"rtl\">ידותון</a>); <span dir=\"rtl\">לְאֵיתָן הָאֶזְרָחִי</span> <a data-ref=\"Psalms 89:1\" href=\"/Psalms.89.1\">ψ 89:1</a> (title)."}]}, "rid": "BDB04308", "strong_numbers": ["386", "387"], "next_hw": "יַתְנִיאֵל", "prev_hw": "אֵיתָן²", "all_cited": true, "ordinal": "II.", "quotes": [], "GK": ["419", "420"], "TWOT": ["935a", "935b"], "parent_lexicon_details": {"name": "BDB Dictionary", "language": "heb.biblical", "to_language": "eng", "text_categories": [], "source": "BDB Dictionary", "attribution": "F. Brown, S. Driver & C. Briggs", "index_title": "BDB", "version_title": "A Hebrew and English lexicon of the Old Testament, by Francis Brown. With the co-operation of S. R. Driver and Charles A. Briggs. Oxford, 1906", "version_lang": "en", "should_autocomplete": true}}]