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ē´than (×יתן, 'eÌ„thaÌ„n, “firm,†“enduringâ€; ΓαιθαÌν, GaithaÌn):
(1) A wise man with whom Solomon is compared (). 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 (; , ). See JEDUTHUN.
(3) An ancestor of Asaph of the Gershomite branch of the Levites ().