Definition

Ethan, the name of four Israelites

Etymology

the same as H386 (אֵיתָן); permanent;

Word family

• אֵיתָן ʼêythân

How the KJV renders it

• Ethan

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.