יֶתֶר

Strong’s Definition

Jether, the name of five or six Israelites and of one Midianite

Etymology & Derivation

the same as H3499 (יֶתֶר);

KJV Usage

Jether, Jethro. Compare H3503 (יִתְרוֹ).

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.father-in-law of moses
• 2.oldest son of gideon
• 3.father of jephunneh and the chief of a line of warriors of the line of asher
• 4.father of amasa, the commander of absalom's army
• 5.son of jada, a descendant of hezron, of the tribe of judah
• 6.a son of ezra, a judaite

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: Yether; Pronunciation: yeh'-ther

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