Bible Names

Ethan: meaning of the name

Ethan means “strong; the gift of the island.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Ethan in Hebrew and Greek

אֵיתָן H387

ʼÊythân (ay-thawn') — Ethan, the name of four Israelites

the same as H386 (אֵיתָן); permanent;

People named Ethan in the Bible

Ethan in Scripture

“Ethan” appears in 8 verses of the King James Version.

  • 1 Kings 4:31

    For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all nations round about.

  • 1 Chronicles 2:6

    And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all.

  • 1 Chronicles 2:8

    And the sons of Ethan; Azariah.

  • 1 Chronicles 6:42

    The son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei,

  • 1 Chronicles 6:44

    And their brethren the sons of Merari stood on the left hand: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,

  • 1 Chronicles 15:17

    So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of 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. I will sing of the mercies of the Lord for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.