Ethan in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

e'-than ('ethan, "firm," "enduring"; Gaithan): (1) A wise man with whom Solomon is compared (1 Ki 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 Ch 6:44; 15:17,19). See JEDUTHUN. (3) An ancestor of Asaph of the Gershomite branch of the Levites (1 Ch 6:42).