H386: אֵיתָן
ʼêythân · pronounced ay-thawn' · “strong”
Definition
permanence; hence (concrete) permanent; specifically a chieftain
KJV translates it as: hard, mighty, rough, strength, strong.
Word origin: or (shortened) אֵתָן ; from an unused root (meaning to continue);
Extended definition
1a) ever-flowing (of a stream)
1b) permanence, permanent, enduring (fig.)
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H386 is translated
- ever-flowing ×3
- is enduring ×2
- an ever-flowing stream ×2
- permanence ×1
- its ×1
- people long established ×1
- is constant ×1
- enduring ×1
- enduring ones ×1
Bible verses with H386 (ʼêythân)
ʼêythân appears in 13 verses.
- Genesis 49:24
But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)
- Exodus 14:27
And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the Lord overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.
- Numbers 24:21
And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock.
- Deuteronomy 21:4
And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the heifer’s neck there in the valley:
- Job 12:19
He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.
- Job 33:19
He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain:
- Psalms 74:15
Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers.
- Proverbs 13:15
Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard.
- Jeremiah 5:15
Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith the Lord: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say.
- Jeremiah 49:19
Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make him run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?
- Jeremiah 50:44
Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan unto the habitation of the strong: but I will make them suddenly run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?
- Amos 5:24
But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
- Micah 6:2
Hear ye, O mountains, the Lord’s controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth: for the Lord hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel.