Ефан
Russian edit
Alternative forms edit
- Еѳанъ (Jefan) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
Etymology edit
From Biblical Hebrew אֵיתָן (ʾêṯān, literally “firmness, strong, or long-lived”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Е́фан • (Jéfan) m anim (genitive Е́фана, nominative plural Е́фаны, genitive plural Е́фанов)
- a male given name, Yefan, equivalent to English Ethan
- 1876, Russian Synodal Bible Translators,1 Kings 4:31:
- Он был мудрее всех людей, мудрее и Ефана Езрахитянина, и Емана, и Халкола, и Дарды, сыновей Махола, и имя его было в славе у всех окрестных народов.
- On byl mudreje vsex ljudej, mudreje i Jefana Jezraxitjanina, i Jemana, i Xalkola, i Dardy, synovej Maxola, i imja jevo bylo v slave u vsex okrestnyx narodov.
- He was wiser than everyone, than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol and he was renowned in all the neighboring nations.
- 1876, Russian Synodal Bible Translators,1 Kings 4:31: