Senses
1. Ethan (proper name) — The Hebrew proper name Ethan (אֵיתָן as a personal name, 'Ethan II' to distinguish from the adjective), referring primarily to Ethan the Ezrahite renowned for wisdom (1 Kings 4:31, Psalm 89 title), and also to Levitical figures in the genealogies of 1 Chronicles. All 8 occurrences denote the same proper noun across syntactic frames: nominative (eng: Eitan/Ethan, arb: إيثان, kor: 에단, swa: Ethani), with lamed 'of Ethan' (arb: لِإيثَانَ, hin: के–लिए–एतान), and with min 'than Ethan' (arb: مِنْ–إِيثَانَ, swa: kuliko–Ethani). 8×
AR["إيثان","إِيثَانَ","لِإيثَانَ","مِنْ-إِيثَانَ","وَ-إيثان","وَ-إِيثَانُ"]·ben["এতান-জন্য","এথন","এথনের","ও-এথন","পুত্র","মানুষের"]·DE["Etan","als-Ethan","und-Etan","von-Ethan"]·EN["Eitan","Ethan","and-Eitan","and-Ethan","of-Ethan","than-Ethan"]·FR["et-Éthan","que-Ethan","Éthan","à-Éthan"]·heb["איתן","ו-איתן","ל-איתן","מ-איתן"]·HI["एतान","एतान-से","और-एतान","के-लिए-एतान"]·ID["Etan","bagi-Etan","dan-Etan","dari-Etan"]·IT["Etan","[לאיתן]","di-Ethan","e-Etan"]·jav["kanggé-Étan","lan-Ètan","lan-Étan","tinimbang-Étan","Ètan","Étan"]·KO["그-와-에단","에단","에단-의","에단보다"]·PT["Eitan","Etan","de-'Eitan","de-Etã","e-Eitan","e-Etan"]·RU["Етана","Ефана","Эйтан","Эйтана","Этан","Этана","и-Эйтан"]·ES["Etan","Etán","de-Eitan","que-Eitán","y-Etan","y-Etán"]·SW["Ethani","kuliko-Ethani","na-Ethani","ya-Ethani"]·TR["Etan","Etan'ın","Eytan","Eytan'a","Eytan'dan","ve-Etan","ve-Eytan"]·urd["اور-ایتان","ایتان","ایتان-کا","سے-ایتان","لِ-ایتان","و-ایتان"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† II. אֵיתָן n.pr.m. a wise man 1 K 5:11 (where called הָאֶזְרָחִי) named with הֵימָן, כַּלְכֹּל, דַּרְדַּע; cf. 1 Ch 2:6 (where these 4 with זִמְרִי are בְּנֵי זֶרַח); also 2:8; 6:27; called בֶּן־קִישִׁי 6:29 = בֶּן־קוּשָׁיָ֫הוּ 15:17, where, and v 19, named as Levit. singer with הֵימָן and אָסָף (q.v.; יְדוּתוּן for אֵיתָן in this group 1 Ch 25:1, 6 2 Ch 5:12; 35:15, v. ידותון); לְאֵיתָן הָאֶזְרָחִי ψ 89:1 (title).