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Person Old Testament

Ethan

Ethan was a son of Zerah and a grandson of Judah. Mentioned in 2 verses across 1 book, first at 1 Chronicles 2:6.

Why it matters. Son of Zerah; grandson of Judah.

Last reviewed
2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team

About Ethan

Ethan was one of the five sons of Zerah, who was a son of Judah (1Ch.2.6). He was a grandson of Judah and is mentioned in the genealogy of Judah's descendants (1Ch.2.8).

Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.

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Family

Family links from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0). Where the dataset marks an identification as uncertain, the mark is kept. Matthew and Luke give different genealogies for Jesus; see the Lineage page, which never merges them.

Parents
Zerah
Children
Azariah

Appears in Scripture

Named in 2 verses across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.

Record type: Person. FaithGraph explanations on this page are editorial and are not Scripture.