אֵיתָן Ethan
Every verse in which this name stands — 8 places, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the occurrences our own corpus tags as this name, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.
Strong's records this name for four Israelites. The name stands eight times in the Tanakh, first at 1 Kings 5:11 and last at 1 Chronicles 15:19.
וַיֶּחְכַּם מִכָּל־הָֽאָדָם מֵאֵיתָן הָאֶזְרָחִי וְהֵימָן וְכַלְכֹּל וְדַרְדַּע בְּנֵי מָחוֹל וַיְהִֽי־שְׁמוֹ בְכָֽל־הַגּוֹיִם סָבִֽיב
For he was wiser than all men: than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and his fame was in all the nations round about.
מַשְׂכִּיל לְאֵיתָן הָֽאֶזְרָחִֽי
Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite.
וּבְנֵי זֶרַח זִמְרִי וְאֵיתָן וְהֵימָן וְכַלְכֹּל וָדָרַע כֻּלָּם חֲמִשָּֽׁה
And the sons of Zerah: Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all.
וּבְנֵי אֵיתָן עֲזַרְיָֽה
And the sons of Ethan: Azariah.
בֶּן־אֵיתָן בֶּן־זִמָּה בֶּן־שִׁמְעִֽי
the son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei;
וּבְנֵי מְרָרִי אֲחֵיהֶם עַֽל־הַשְּׂמֹאול אֵיתָן בֶּן־קִישִׁי בֶּן־עַבְדִּי בֶּן־מַלּֽוּךְ
And on the left hand their brethren the sons of Merari: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch;
וַיַּעֲמִידוּ הַלְוִיִּם אֵת הֵימָן בֶּן־יוֹאֵל וּמִן־אֶחָיו אָסָף בֶּן־בֶּֽרֶכְיָהוּ וּמִן־בְּנֵי מְרָרִי אֲחֵיהֶם אֵיתָן בֶּן־קֽוּשָׁיָֽהוּ
So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;
וְהַמְשֹׁרְרִים הֵימָן אָסָף וְאֵיתָן בִּמְצִלְתַּיִם נְחֹשֶׁת לְהַשְׁמִֽיעַ
So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan [, were appointed], with cymbals of brass to sound aloud;
Quick answers
What is the gematria of Ethan?
Ethan — איתן in Hebrew — has a gematria of 461 in the standard method.
How many times is Ethan named in the Tanakh?
8 times, first at 1 Kings 5:11.
A spelling is not a name. The written word איתן stands 12 times in the corpus, which is a different question and often a different number: the same letters can spell another name or an ordinary word, and a name written with a particle attached is a word that search never returns. It is here, as itself.
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