Strong's Hebrew · H386
אֵיתָן
ʼêythân · ay-thawn'
Definitionpermanence; hence (concrete) permanent; specifically a chieftain
Derivationor (shortened) אֵתָן ; from an unused root (meaning to continue);
KJV usagehard, mighty, rough, strength, strong.
Occurrences13 in the KJV · 13 verses
אֵיתָן in Scripture
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 dwelling place, 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.
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