STRONGS H386:
Abbreviations
I. אֵיתָן,
אֵתָן adjective perennial, ever-flowing, figurative permanent, as substantive steady flow, permanence; — absolute
אֵיתָן Genesis 49:24 8 times;
אֵתָן Job 33:19; suffix
אֵיתָנוֺ Exodus 14:27; plural
אֵיתָנִים Job 12:19;
אֵתָנִים [
H388 1 Kings 8:2];
Micah 6:2; (in form, an 'elative,' Ew
§ 162 b = Arabic comparative and superlative); —
1. ever-flowing (opposed to
אַכְזָב),
נַחַל אֵיתָן Amos 5:24 an
ever-flowing wady,
Deuteronomy 21:4 (see Dr); as substantive in
נַהֲרוֺת אֵיתָּן Psalm 74:15 rivers of steady flow; as substantive also
Exodus 14:27 (J), the sea returned
לְאֵיתָנוֺ to its
steady flow,
יֶרַת הָאֵיתָנִים [
H388 1 Kings 8:2] month of
steady flowings = 7th mo., Oct.-; Nov. (post-Biblical Tisri).
2. figurative
permanent, enduring גּוֺי אֵיתָן הוּא Jeremiah 5:15, i.e. a nation whose numbers never dwindle or fail,
imperishable,
וְרִיב עֲצָמָיו א׳ Job 33:19 Kt the strife of his bones is
constant,
Genesis 49:24 his bow abode
בְּא׳ as an
enduring, firm, one,
מוֺשָֽׁבְךָ א׳ Numbers 24:21 (||
שִׂים בַּסֶּלַע),
נְוֵה אֵיתָן Jeremiah 49:19 =
Jeremiah 50:44 an abode of
permanency (of Edom, and Babylon, suddenly depopulated by foe, figured as lion);
האיתנים מוסדי ארץ Micah 6:2 ye
ever-enduring ones, the foundations of the earth (but read probably with We
הַאֲזִינוּ),
Job 12:19 אֵיתָנִים יְסַלֵּף he subverteth them that are
firmly seated (i.e. men established in hereditary offices or dignities). Very uncertain is
Proverbs 13:15 דֶּרֶךְ בִּגְדִים אֵיתָן, perhaps
firm, hard, rugged (Ew De Hi Now
according to Str. the text is corrupt).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs
Genesis
49:24; 49:24
Exodus
14:27; 14:27
Numbers
24:21
Deuteronomy
21:4
Job
12:19; 12:19; 33:19; 33:19
Psalms
74:15
Proverbs
13:15
Jeremiah
5:15; 49:19; 50:44
Amos
5:24
Micah
6:2; 6:2
