e.tan describes what is strong, enduring, or firmly established, including torrents, foundations, positions, and powerful people.

The occurrences chiefly describe enduring strength or firm establishment in positions, foundations, and conditions; they also portray forceful waters and mighty persons or nations. The same adjective can mark what remains unmoved, what endures, or what is powerful in the verse’s setting.

1. Enduring or firmly established · dominant

   In Genesis 49:24 the APB renders the clause about a bow that “remained unmoved,” while Micah 6:2 addresses the “enduring foundations of the earth.” Numbers 24:21 speaks of a strong seat and a nest set in rock, and Proverbs 13:15 describes a treacherous way that “remains strong”; Jeremiah 49:19 and Jeremiah 50:44 likewise describe a strong pasture.

   Genesis 49:24Micah 6:2Numbers 24:21Proverbs 13:15Jeremiah 49:19Jeremiah 50:44
2. Forceful waters and their course · common

   Amos 5:24 compares righteousness with “a strong torrent,” and Deuteronomy 21:4 locates the prescribed action at a strong torrent. Psalm 74:15 speaks of torrents and mighty rivers, while Exodus 14:27 describes the sea returning to its normal state.

   Amos 5:24Deuteronomy 21:4Psalm 74:15Exodus 14:27
3. Might or persistent severity · occasional

   Jeremiah 5:15 calls the approaching nation “mighty,” and Job 12:19 says that the mighty are overthrown. In Job 33:19, the same singular adjective occurs in the statement that pain includes “ceaseless strife in his bones,” showing a severe, continuing condition rather than a physical object.

   Jeremiah 5:15Job 12:19Job 33:19

In the Anselm Paraphrase: The APB variously presents the adjective through “strong,” “mighty,” “enduring,” “unmoved,” and “ceaseless.” Because the paraphrase is not word-aligned, these renderings confirm the verses’ settings but do not by themselves fix a separate meaning in every clause.