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Lexicon :: Strong's H3499 - yeṯer

Aa
יֶתֶר
Transliteration
yeṯer
Pronunciation
yeh'-ther
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 936a

Strong’s Definitions

יֶתֶר yether, yeh'-ther; from H3498; properly, an overhanging, i.e. (by implication) an excess, superiority, remainder; also a small rope (as hanging free):— abundant, cord, exceeding, excellancy(-ent), what they leave, that hath left, plentifully, remnant, residue, rest, string, with.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 101x

The KJV translates Strong's H3499 in the following manner: rest (63x), remnant (14x), residue (8x), leave (4x), excellency (3x), withs (3x), cord (1x), exceeding (1x), excellent (1x), more (1x), plentifully (1x), string (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 101x
The KJV translates Strong's H3499 in the following manner: rest (63x), remnant (14x), residue (8x), leave (4x), excellency (3x), withs (3x), cord (1x), exceeding (1x), excellent (1x), more (1x), plentifully (1x), string (1x).

  1. remainder, excess, rest, remnant, excellence

    1. remainder, remnant

    2. remainder, rest, other part

    3. excess

    4. abundantly (adv)

    5. abundance, affluence

    6. superiority, excellency

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יֶתֶר yether, yeh'-ther; from H3498; properly, an overhanging, i.e. (by implication) an excess, superiority, remainder; also a small rope (as hanging free):— abundant, cord, exceeding, excellancy(-ent), what they leave, that hath left, plentifully, remnant, residue, rest, string, with.
STRONGS H3499: Abbreviations
I. יֶ֫תֶר 94 noun masculineNehemiah 2:16 remainder, excellence, excess; — absolute יֶ֫תֶר Nehemiah 2:16 + 2 times; יָ֑תֶר Proverbs 17:7; construct יֶ֫תֶר Genesis 49:3 + 84 times; יֶ֫תֶר Isaiah 56:12 (see Baer's note); suffix יִתְרוֺ Isaiah 44:19; יִתְרָם Exodus 23:11 + 2 times (not Job 4:21, which see below II. יֶתֶר); —
1.
†a. remainder, remnant (with implied inferiority in number or quality), of crops, etc. יִתְרָם Exodus 23:11 (JE), their remnant, i.e. what they (the enemy) leave, so יֶתֶר הַגָּזָם Joel 1:4; יֶתֶר הָאַרְבֶּה Joel 1:4; יֶתֶר הַיֶּלֶק Joel 1:4; הַפְּלֵטָה יֶתֶר הַנִּשְׁאֶרֶת Exodus 10:5 (J); of vessels, יֶתֶר הַכֵּלִים הַנּוֺתָרִים Jeremiah 27:19; of a tree Isaiah 44:19 (= שְׁאֵרִית Isaiah 44:17); elsewhere of person Deuteronomy 3:11 = Joshua 12:4; Joshua 3:12 (both D), Deuteronomy 28:54; Joshua 23:12 (D), 2 Samuel 21:2; 2 Kings 25:11 = Jeremiah 52:15; Ezekiel 34:18; of a rescued remnant of Israel (Judah) Micah 5:2; Zephaniah 2:9 (|| שְׁאֵרִית), Zechariah 14:2; יֶתֶר הַקָּדֵשׁ אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁאַר 1 Kings 22:47; יֶתֶר הָעָם הַנִּשְׁאָרִים Jeremiah 36:9 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 25:11 = Jeremiah 52:15†.
b. remainder, rest, other part of people, elders, etc., 2 Samuel 10:10 = 1 Chronicles 19:11; 2 Samuel 12:28; 1 Kings 12:23; Jeremiah 29:1; Habakkuk 2:8; Ezekiel 48:23; sometimes including a majority Judges 7:6; 1 Samuel 13:2; of common people (opposed to rulers) Nehemiah 2:16; Nehemiah 4:8; Nehemiah 4:13; compare Nehemiah 6:1; of land Deuteronomy 3:13; Joshua 13:27 (P); of other inanimate things Leviticus 14:17 (P), Numbers 31:32 (id.), of years Isaiah 38:10; elsewhere in phrase יֶחֶר דִּבְרֵי the rest of the affairs of, in summaries of reigns of kings of Israel and Judah 1 Kings 11:41 + 41 times Kings Chronicles; יֶתֶר כָּלדִּֿבְרֵי 1 Kings 15:23; יֶתֶר דְּבָרָיו 2 Chronicles 28:26.
†2.
a. excess, שְׂפַת יָ֑תֶר Proverbs 17:7 a lip of excess = arrogant speech (see VB).
b. in adverb phrases, עַל יֶתֶר Psalm 31:24 on the basis of abundance = abundantly, as adverb accusative גָּדוֺל יֶתֶר מְאֹד Isaiah 56:12 great, in abundance, exceedingly, Daniel 8:9 וַתִּגְדַּליֶֿתֶר and grew great in excess, exceedingly (compare bdb045201 much, bdb045202 more than).
c. specifically what is over and above immediate necessities, abundance, affluence Job 22:20; Psalm 17:14.
†3. superiority, excellency יֶתֶר שְׂאֵת וְיֶתֶר עָ֫ז Genesis 49:3. — On Job 4:1 see II. יֶתֶר.

II. יֶ֫תֶר noun masculineJudges 16:7 cord (properly as hanging over or down; Aramaic יַתְרָא part of the intestines, Targum יְתָרַיָּא ropes, bdb045203 cord, rope, chord of arc; Arabic bdb045204 bow-string, lute-string; Ethiopic bdb045205 sinew, cord; bdb045206 stretch bowstring, strain (eyes), be intent, eager, etc.) — יֶתֶ֑ר Psalm 11:2 + 3 times; suffix יִתְרוֺ Kt Job 30:11 (יִתְרִי Qr); יִתְרָם Job 4:21; — cord, for binding a man Judges 16:7, 8, 9; bowstring Psalm 11:2; Job 30:11 (according to Qr, opposed to Job 29:20b; Kt = his cord, with which he reins in my assailants; compare Di Da). Job 4:21 tent-cord Ew De Di RV; yet read perhaps יְתֵדָם their tent-peg, so Ol Hi Sgfr (> AV their excellency, from I. יֶתֶר).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

49:3; 49:3

Exodus

10:5; 23:11; 23:11

Leviticus

14:17

Numbers

31:32

Deuteronomy

3:11; 3:13; 28:54

Joshua

3:12; 12:4; 13:27; 23:12

Judges

7:6; 16:7; 16:7; 16:8; 16:9

1 Samuel

13:2

2 Samuel

10:10; 12:28; 21:2

1 Kings

11:41; 12:23; 15:23; 22:47

2 Kings

25:11; 25:11

1 Chronicles

19:11

2 Chronicles

28:26

Nehemiah

2:16; 2:16; 2:16; 4:8; 4:13; 6:1

Job

4:1; 4:21; 4:21; 4:21; 22:20; 29:20; 30:11; 30:11

Psalms

11:2; 11:2; 17:14; 31:24

Proverbs

17:7; 17:7

Isaiah

38:10; 44:17; 44:19; 44:19; 56:12; 56:12

Jeremiah

27:19; 29:1; 36:9; 52:15; 52:15

Ezekiel

34:18; 48:23

Daniel

8:9

Joel

1:4; 1:4; 1:4

Micah

5:2

Habakkuk

2:8

Zephaniah

2:9

Zechariah

14:2

H3499

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Strong's Number H3499 matches the Hebrew יֶתֶר (yeṯer),
which occurs 102 times in 95 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 49:3–2Ki 15:36)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:3 - Reuben, you are my oldest son, the first-fruit of my strength, first in pride and first in power:

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:5 - And the face of the earth will be covered with them, so that you will not be able to see the earth: and they will be the destruction of everything which up to now has not been damaged, everything which was not crushed by the ice-storm, and every tree still living in your fields.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:11 - But in the seventh year let the land have a rest and be unplanted; so that the poor may have food from it: and let the beasts of the field take the rest. Do the same with your vine-gardens and your olive-trees.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:17 - And of the rest of the oil which is in his hand, the priest will put some on the point of the right ear of the man who is to be made clean, and on the thumb of his right hand and on the great toe of his right foot, over the blood of the offering for wrongdoing;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:32 - Now the beasts taken, in addition to what the fighting-men took for themselves, were six hundred and seventy-five thousand sheep,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:11 - (For Og, king of Bashan, was the last of all the Rephaim; his bed was made of iron; is it not in Rabbah, in the land of the children of Ammon? It was nine cubits long and four cubits wide, measured by the common cubit.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:13 - The rest of Gilead and all Bashan, the kingdom of Og, all the land of Argob, together with Bashan, I gave to the half-tribe of Manasseh. (This land is named the land of the Rephaim.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:54 - That man among you who is soft and used to comfort will be hard and cruel to his brother, and to his dear wife, and to of those his children who are still living;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:4 - And the land of Og, king of Bashan, of the rest of the Rephaim, who was living at Ashtaroth and at Edrei,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:12 - All the kingdom of Og in Bashan, who was ruling in Ashtaroth and in Edrei (he was one of the last of the Rephaim); these did Moses overcome, driving them out of their country.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:27 - And in the valley, Beth-haram, and Beth-nimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon, king of Heshbon, having Jordan for its limit, to the end of the sea of Chinnereth on the east side of Jordan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:12 - For if you go back, joining yourselves to the rest of these nations who are still among you, getting married to them and living with them and they with you:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:6 - Now the number of those who took up the water with their tongues was three hundred; all the rest of the people went down on their knees to the water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:7 - And Samson said to her, If seven new bow-cords which have never been made dry are knotted round me, I will become feeble and will be like any other man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:8 - So the chiefs of the Philistines gave her seven new bow-cords which had never been made dry, and she had them tightly knotted round him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:9 - Now she had men waiting secretly in the inner room; and she said to him, The Philistines are on you, Samson. And the cords were broken by him as a twist of thread is broken when touched by a flame. So the secret of his strength did not come to light.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:2 - And Saul took for himself three thousand men of Israel, of whom he kept two thousand with him in Michmash and in the mountain of Beth-el, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah in the land of Benjamin: the rest of the people he sent back to their tents.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:10 - And the rest of the people he put in position against the children of Ammon, with Abishai, his brother, at their head.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:28 - So now, get the rest of the people together, and put them in position against the town and take it, for if I take it, it will be named after my name.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:2 - Then the king sent for the Gibeonites; (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but were the last of the Amorites, to whom the children of Israel had given an oath; but Saul, in his passion for the children of Israel and Judah, had made an attempt on their lives:)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:41 - Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all he did, and his wisdom, are they not recorded in the book of the acts of Solomon?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:23 - Say to Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all the men of Judah and Benjamin and the rest of the people:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:19 - Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he made war and how he became king, are recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:29 - Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all he did, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Judah?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:7 - Now the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all he did, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:23 - Now the rest of the acts of Asa, and his power, and all he did, and the towns of which he was the builder, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Judah? But when he was old he had a disease of the feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:31 - Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all he did, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:5 - Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, and what he did, and his power, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:14 - Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all he did, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:20 - Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and the secret design he made, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:27 - Now the rest of the acts which Omri did, and his great power, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:39 - Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all he did, and his ivory house, and all the towns of which he was the builder, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:45 - Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his great power, and how he went to war, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Judah?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:46 - He put an end to the rest of those who were used for sex purposes in the worship of the gods, all those who were still in the land in the time of his father Asa.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:18 - Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:23 - Now the rest of the acts of Joram, and all he did, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Judah?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:34 - Now the rest of the acts of Jehu, and all he did, and his great power, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:19 - Now the rest of the acts of Joash, and all he did, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:8 - Now the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, and all he did, and his great power, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:12 - Now the rest of the acts of Joash, and all he did, and the force with which he went to war against Amaziah, king of Judah, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:15 - Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash, and his power, and how he went to war with Amaziah, king of Judah, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:18 - And the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Judah?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:28 - Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all he did, and his power, and how he went to war with Damascus, causing the wrath of the Lord to be turned away from Israel, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:6 - Now the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all he did, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Judah?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:11 - Now the rest of the acts of Zechariah are recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:15 - Now the rest of the acts of Shallum, and the secret design which he made, are recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:21 - Now the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all he did, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:26 - Now the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, and all he did, are recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:31 - Now the rest of the acts of Pekah, and all he did, are recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:36 - Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all he did, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Judah?

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