אֵיתָן
ʼêythân · ay-thawn'
permanence; hence (concrete) permanent; specifically a chieftain
Lexicon
Derivation: or (shortened) אֵתָן ; from an unused root (meaning to continue);
permanence; hence (concrete) permanent; specifically a chieftain
- permanence
- hence, (concrete) permanent
- specifically, a chieftain
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: hard, mighty, rough, strength, strong.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › the hand that works › the mark, the covenant sign › the seed, life continuing
Strength, the leader of the hand that works of the mark, the covenant sign of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֵיתָן above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
13 occurrences · 13 OT · 0 NT · 10 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of the strong2 · 15%
- in strength1 · 8%
- to his strength1 · 8%
- strong1 · 8%
- unto a rough1 · 8%
- the mighty1 · 8%
- with strong1 · 8%
- mighty1 · 8%
- is hard1 · 8%
- it is a mighty1 · 8%
- as a mighty1 · 8%
- and ye strong1 · 8%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.