Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #3500 - יֶתֶר Yether (Moses' father-in-law)

Original Word:	יֶתֶר
Transliteration:	Yether
Definition:	Moses' father-in-law, also the name of several Israelites
Part of Speech:	Proper Name Masculine
Phonetic Spelling:	(yeh'-ther)
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Jether, Jethro

The same as yether; Jether, the name of five or six Israelites and of one Midianite -- Jether, Jethro. Compare Yithrow.

see HEBREW yether

see HEBREW Yithrow

Englishman's Concordance

Jether=“abundance”
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
Part of Speech: noun proper masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: the same as H3499

Brown-Driver-Briggs

III. יֶ֫תֶרproper name, masculine (abundance; on form and meaning of this and the following proper name see Lag^{BN 52, 198}) —

1father of Moses' wifeExodus 4:18 a (E; probably text error, elsewhere יִתְרוֺ, q. v.)

2eldest son of GideonJudges 8:20, ᵐ5Ιεθερ.

3father of Amasa1 Kings 2:5,32; 1 Chronicles 2:17, ᵐ5Ιεθερ;=יִתְרָא2 Samuel 17:25, ᵐ5Ιοθερ, Ιοθορ; ᵐ5^LΙεθερ.

4men of Judah, ᵐ5Ιεθερ:

a.1 Chronicles 2:32 (twice in verse).

b.1 Chronicles 4:17.

5a man of Asher1 Chronicles 7:38 (=יִתְרָן1 Chronicles 7:37), ᵐ5Ιεθερ, A Ιεθηρ, ᵐ5^L [1 Chronicles 7:39] Εθραν.

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 3500. יֶ֫תֶר (Yether) — 8 Occurrences

Judges 8:20
HEB: וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ לְיֶ֣תֶר בְּכוֹר֔וֹ ק֖וּם
NAS: So he said to Jether his firstborn,
KJV: And he said unto Jether his firstborn,
INT: said to Jether his firstborn Rise

1 Kings 2:5
HEB:וְלַעֲמָשָׂ֤א בֶן־ יֶ֙תֶר֙ וַיַּ֣הַרְגֵ֔ם וַיָּ֥שֶׂם
NAS: the son of Jether, whom he killed;
KJV: the son of Jether, whom he slew,
INT: Amasa the son of Jether killed shed

1 Kings 2:32
HEB:עֲמָשָׂ֥א בֶן־ יֶ֖תֶר שַׂר־ צְבָ֥א
NAS: the son of Jether, commander
KJV: the son of Jether, captain
INT: and Amasa the son of Jether commander of the army

1 Chronicles 2:17
HEB:וַאֲבִ֣י עֲמָשָׂ֔א יֶ֖תֶר הַיִּשְׁמְעֵאלִֽי׃
NAS: of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.
KJV: of Amasa [was] Jether the Ishmeelite.
INT: and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite

1 Chronicles 2:32
HEB:אֲחִ֣י שַׁמַּ֔י יֶ֖תֶר וְיוֹנָתָ֑ן וַיָּ֥מָת
NAS: of Shammai [were] Jether and Jonathan,
KJV: of Shammai; Jether, and Jonathan:
INT: the brother of Shammai Jether and Jonathan died

1 Chronicles 2:32
HEB:וְיוֹנָתָ֑ן וַיָּ֥מָת יֶ֖תֶר לֹ֥א בָנִֽים׃
NAS: and Jonathan, and Jether died
KJV: and Jonathan: and Jether died
INT: and Jonathan died and Jether without sons

1 Chronicles 4:17
HEB:וּבֶן־ עֶזְרָ֔ה יֶ֥תֶר וּמֶ֖רֶד וְעֵ֣פֶר
NAS: of Ezrah [were] Jether, Mered,
KJV: of Ezra [were], Jether, and Mered,
INT: the sons of Ezrah Jether Mered Epher

1 Chronicles 7:38
HEB: וּבְנֵ֖י יֶ֑תֶר יְפֻנֶּ֥ה וּפִסְפָּ֖ה
NAS: The sons of Jether [were] Jephunneh,
KJV: And the sons of Jether; Jephunneh,
INT: the sons of Jether Jephunneh Pispa

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