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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