The meaning of Ethan in the Bible
(From International Standard Bible Encyclopedia)

e'-than ('ethan, "firm," "enduring"; Gaithan):

(1) A wise man with whom Solomon is compared (I Kings 4:31). Called there "Ethan the Ezrahite," to whom the title of Psa. 89 ascribes the authorship of that poem.

(2) A "son of Kishi," or "Kishaiah," of the Merari branch of the Levites, and, along with Heman and Asaph, placed by David over the service of song (I Chronicles 6:44; I Chronicles 15:17, I Chronicles 15:19).

See JEDUTHUN.

(3) An ancestor of Asaph of the Gershomite branch of the Levites (I Chronicles 6:42).


See more on the meaning of Ethan in the Bible:
Ethan {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Ethan {Hitchcock's Bible Name}

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