ē´than ( איתן , 'ēthān , "firm," "enduring"; Γαιθάν , Gaithán ):
(1) A wise man with whom Solomon is compared (1 Kings 4:31 ). Called there "Ethan the Ezrahite," to whom the title of Ps 89 ascribes the authorship of that poem.
(2) A "son of Kishi," or "Kishaiah," of the Merari branch of the Levites, and, along with Heman and Asaph, placed by David over the service of song (1 Chronicles 6:44; 1 Chronicles 15:17 , 1 Chronicles 15:19 ). See JEDUTHUN .
(3) An ancestor of Asaph of the Gershomite branch of the Levites (1 Chronicles 6:42 ).
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