Ethan

From Bible Exegesis

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 Psalm 89 ascribes the authorship of that poem. He was distinguished for his wisdom. He was of the tribe of Levi.

(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). He was one of the leaders of the temple music. He was probably the same as Jeduthun. He is supposed by some to be the same also as (1). See Jeduthun.

(3) An ancestor of Asaph of the Gershomite branch of the Levites (1 Chronicles 6:42).