🔼The name Eshan: Summary
- Meaning
- Support, Trust
- Etymology
- From the verb שען (sha'an), to lean on or trust in.
🔼The name Eshan in the Bible
The name Eshan occurs only once in the Bible, namely in Joshua 15:52, where a town named Eshan is listed among the towns in the hill country of Judah.
🔼Etymology of the name Eshan
The name Eshan comes from the verb שען (sha'an), meaning to lean on or trust in:
שען
The verb שען (sha'an) means to lean on or trust in. Nouns משען (mish'an), משען (mash'an), and משענה (mish'ena) describe support of various kinds. Noun משענת (mish'enet) means staff; the proverbial object of support. The supporting staff's counterpart was the corrective rod: שבט (shebet), from a verb that means to smite or beat.
Our name's leading א ('aleph) is unexplained, but has little effect. Perhaps it's ornamental, perhaps it's indicative of an Aramaic influence.
🔼Eshan meaning
For a meaning of the name Eshan, NOBSE Study Bible Name List has Support and Jones' Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names reads Support or Place of Confidence (under Eshean). BDB Theological Dictionary does not offer an interpretation of our name but does list it under the verb שען (sha'an).