אֵיתָן
ʼêythân · H386 · Hebrew · 13 occurrences
Meanings
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permanent, constant, perennial, enduring
State of not being subject to change
ExamplesNumbers 24:21 And he looked at the Kenite, and took up his discourse and said, “Your dwelling place is enduring, And your nest is set in the cliff.
Deuteronomy 21:4 and the elders of that city shall bring the heifer down to a valley with running water, which has not been plowed or sown, and they shall break the heifer’s neck there in the valley.
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normal state
State in which an object normally occurs
ExamplesGenesis 49:24 But his bow remained firm, And his arms were agile, From the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob (From there is the Shepherd, the Stone of Israel),
Exodus 14:27 So Moses reached out with his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its normal state at daybreak, while the Egyptians were fleeing right into it; then the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.
How it’s used In 5 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- הוּhis 1
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- מוֹסָדbase 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- סָלַףto subvert, to overthrow 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- דֶּרֶךְway, road 1
- מוֹשָׁבdwelling, seat 1
- רֹבmultitude, abundance, numerous 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- בin/on/with 2
- לto/for 2
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- עָתֵק ʻâthêq · H6276 · enduring, lasting
- The target term means hard, mighty or strong, and עָתֵק (ʻâthêq, H6276) means durable; both capture enduring strength or hardness. עָתֵק occurs only once.
Semantic domains 3 entries
- Endure002002003001
- אֵיתָן describes what is enduring or ever-flowing, as the sea returning to its normal, enduring state after the crossing (Exodus 14:27, "the sea returned to its normal state") and Israel's dwelling place described as enduring like a rock (Numbers 24:21).
- Names of Times003001013
- This entry carries no independent “Names of Times” sense of its own; every occurrence of this lexeme is the common adjective “enduring”/“ever-flowing”, as in “You dried up ever-flowing streams” (Psalm 74:15). The domain is bundle-shared with the month name Ethanim (אֵיתָנִים (ʼÊythânîym, H388)) and the personal name Ethan (אֵיתָן (ʼÊythân, H387)).
- Names of People003001007
- This entry carries no independent “Names of People” sense of its own; every occurrence of this lexeme is the common adjective “enduring”/“ever-flowing”: “You dried up ever-flowing streams” (Psalm 74:15). The domain is bundle-shared with the personal name Ethan (אֵיתָן (ʼÊythân, H387)) and the month name Ethanim (אֵיתָנִים (ʼÊythânîym, H388)).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H386. ethan I. אֵתָן אֵיתָן, adjective perennial, ever-flowing, figurative permanent, as…
I. אֵתָן אֵיתָן, adjective perennial, ever-flowing, figurative permanent, as substantive steady flow, permanence; — absolute אֵיתָן Gen 49:24 Gen 49:8t.; אֵתָן Job 33:19; suffix אֵיתָנוֺ Exo 14:27; plural אֵיתָנִים Job 12:19; אֵתָנִים 1Ki 8:2; Mic 6:2; (in form, an 'elative,' Ew§ 162 b = Arabic comparative and superlative); —
1 ever-flowing (opposed to אַכְזָב), אֵיתָן נַחַל Amo 5:24 an ever-flowing wady, Deu 21:4 (see Dr); as substantive in אֵיתָּן נַהֲרוֺת Psa 74:15 rivers of steady flow; as substantive also Exo 14:27 (J), the sea returned לְאֵיתָנוֺ to its steady flow, הָאֵיתָנִים יֶרַת 1Ki 8:2 month of steady flowings = 7th mo., Oct.-;Nov. (post-Biblical Tisri).
2 figurative permanent, enduring הוּא אֵיתָן גּוֺי Jer 5:15, i.e. a nation whose numbers never dwindle or fail, imperishable, א עֲצָמָיו ׳וְרִיב Job 33:19 Kt the strife of his bones is constant, Gen 49:24 his bow abode ׳בְּא as an enduring, firm, one, ׳א מוֺשָֽׁבְךָ Num 24:21 (|| בַּסֶּלַע שִׂים), אֵיתָן נְוֵה Jer 49:19 = Jer 50:44 an abode of permanency (of Edom, and Babylon, suddenly depopulated by foe, figured as lion); ארץ מוסדי האיתנים Mic 6:2 ye ever-enduring ones, the foundations of the earth (but read probably with We הַאֲזִינוּ), Job 12:19 יְסַלֵּף אֵיתָנִים he subverteth them that are firmly seated (i.e. men established in hereditary offices or dignities). Very uncertain is Pro 13:15 אֵיתָן בִּגְדִים דֶּרֶךְ, perhaps firm, hard, rugged (Ew De Hi Now according to Str. the text is corrupt).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 3 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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