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ETHAN.—1. ‘The Ezrahite’ of 1Ki_4:31 and Psa_89:1-52 (title). In the first of these passages he is mentioned along with other contemporaries (?) of Solomon, who were all surpassed in wisdom by the Jewish monarch. In 1Ch_2:6 he is said to have been a Judæan of the family of Zerah, which is prob. another form of Ezrah (hence the patronymic Ezrahite). Instead of ‘the Ezrahite’ it has been proposed to render ’ezrâhî of 1Ki_4:31 ‘the native,’ i.e. the Israelite, in opposition to some of the other wise men named, who were foreigners. 2. An ancestor of Asaph (1Ch_6:42), in 1Ch_6:21 he is called Joah. 3. The eponymous ancestor of a guild of Temple-singers (1Ch_6:44; 1Ch_15:17; 1Ch_15:19 etc.).