Definition
or (shortened) אֵתָן ; from an unused root (meaning to continue); permanence; hence (concrete) permanent; specifically a chieftain
Traditional renderings: hard, mighty, rough, strength, strong.
Traditional renderings: hard, mighty, rough, strength, strong.
Usage patterns
Occurrences
13 total
- Genesis 49:24בְּאֵיתָן֙Yet he steadied his bow, and his strong arms were tempered by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, in the name of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,
- Exodus 14:27לְאֵ֣יתָנ֔וֹ · to its normal stateSo Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and at daybreak the sea returned to its normal state. As the Egyptians were retreating, the LORD swept them into the sea.
- Numbers 24:21אֵיתָן֙ · is secureNext he saw the Kenites and lifted up an oracle, saying: “Your dwelling place is secure, and your nest is set in a cliff.
- Deuteronomy 21:4אֵיתָ֔ן · with running water…bring the heifer to a valley with running water that has not been plowed or sown, and break its neck there by the stream.
- Job 12:19וְאֵֽתָנִ֣ים · the establishedHe leads priests away barefoot and overthrows the established.
- Job 33:19אֵתָֽן׃ · and constantA man is also chastened on his bed with pain and constant distress in his bones,
- Psalm 74:15אֵיתָֽן׃ · the ever-flowingYou broke open the fountain and the flood; You dried up the ever-flowing rivers.
- Proverbs 13:15אֵיתָֽן׃ · is difficultGood understanding wins favor, but the way of the faithless is difficult.
- Jeremiah 5:15אֵיתָ֣ן · is an establishedBehold, I am bringing a distant nation against you, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD. “It is an established nation, an ancient nation, a nation whose language you do not know and whose speech you do not understand.
- Jeremiah 49:19אֵיתָן֒Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan to the watered pasture. For in an instant I will chase Edom from her land. Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this? For who is like Me, and who can challenge Me? What shepherd can stand against Me?”
- Jeremiah 50:44אֵיתָן֒Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan to the watered pasture. For in an instant I will chase Babylon from her land. Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this? For who is like Me, and who can challenge Me? What shepherd can stand against Me?”
- Amos 5:24אֵיתָֽן׃ · like an ever-flowingBut let justice roll on like a river, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
- Micah 6:2וְהָאֵתָנִ֖ים · you enduringHear, O mountains, the LORD’s indictment, you enduring foundations of the earth. For the LORD has a case against His people, and He will argue it against Israel: