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H388 אֵיתָנִים (ʼÊythânîym) ay-thaw-neem'
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

plural of 386; always with the article; the permanent brooks; Ethanim, the name of a month

KJV Usage: Ethanim

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

אֵיתָנִים (e.ta.nim) — Ethanim.

§ Ethanim = "enduring" seventh Jewish month, corresponding to modern Oct. to Nov.; so named because permanent streams still flowed

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

adj

Endure

permanent, constant, perennial, enduring = state of not being subject to change

NUM 24:21 · DEU 21:4 · JOB 12:19 · JOB 33:19 · PSA 74:15 · PRO 13:15 · JER 5:15 · JER 49:19 · JER 50:44 · AMO 5:24 · MIC 6:2

Endure

normal state = state in which an object normally occurs

GEN 49:24 · EXO 14:27

name

Names of Times

Ethanim = month, equivalent to period September/October, in which only the everflowing rivers have water; ► pre-exilic

1KI 8:2

Names of People

Ethan = man; ◄ son of Zerah; tribe of Judah

1CH 2:6 · 1CH 2:8

Names of People

Ethan = man; ◄ descendant of Zerah; tribe of Judah; ► wise man serving king David

1KI 5:11 · 1CH 15:19 · PSA 89:1

Names of People

Ethan = man; ◄ son of Zimmah; tribe of Levi; ► ancestor of Asaph

1CH 6:27

Names of People

Ethan = man; ◄ son of Kishi or Kushaiah; tribe of Levi; ► temple singer

1CH 6:29 · 1CH 15:17

1 JOB 12:19 MT אֵתָנִים RSV NIV NJPS NJB NRSV REB GNT CEV | NJPS "temple-servants"

Reinier de Blois

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

אֵיתָן, אֵתָן adj. perennial, ever-flowing, fig. permanent, as subst, steady flow, permanence base

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