Strong's #387: 'Eythan (pronounced ay-thawn')

the same as 386; permanent; Ethan, the name of four Israelites:--Ethan.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:

'êythân

Ethan = "enduring"

1) an Ezrahite known for his wisdom

2) a grandson of Judah, father of Azariah

3) a Kohathite descendant of Levi

4) a Merarite son of Kushaiah, descendant of Levi

Part of Speech: noun proper masculine

Relation: the same as H386

Usage:

This word is used 8 times:

 

1 Kings 4:31: "For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman,"
1 Chronicles 2:6: "And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five"
1 Chronicles 2:8: "And the sons of Ethan; Azariah."
1 Chronicles 6:42: "The son of Ethan, the son the son of Shimei,"
1 Chronicles 6:44: "of Merari the left hand: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi,"
1 Chronicles 15:17: "the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;"
1 Chronicles 15:19: "So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to sound with cymbals of brass;"
Psalms 89:1: "Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite. of the mercies of the LORD forever: with my mouth"