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Lexicon :: Strong's H3500 - yeṯer

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יֶתֶר
Transliteration
yeṯer
Pronunciation
yeh'-ther
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
The same as יֶתֶר (H3499)
Strong’s Definitions

יֶתֶר Yether, yeh'-ther; the same as H3499; Jether, the name of five or six Israelites and of one Midianite:—Jether, Jethro. Compare H3503.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's H3500 in the following manner: Jether (8x), Jethro (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x
The KJV translates Strong's H3500 in the following manner: Jether (8x), Jethro (1x).

  1. 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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יֶתֶר Yether, yeh'-ther; the same as H3499; Jether, the name of five or six Israelites and of one Midianite:—Jether, Jethro. Compare H3503.
STRONGS H3500: Abbreviations
† III. יֶ֫תֶר proper name, masculine (abundance; on form and meaning of this and the following proper name see LagBN 52, 198) —
1. father of Moses' wife Exodus 4:18a (E; probably text error, elsewhere יִתְרוֺ, which see).
2. eldest son of Gideon Judges 8:20, Greek Version of the LXX Ιεθερ.
3. father of Amasa 1 Kings 2:5, 32; 1 Chronicles 2:17, Greek Version of the LXX Ιεθερ; = יִתְרָא 2 Samuel 17:25, Greek Version of the LXX Ιοθερ, Ιοθορ; LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Ιεθερ.
4. men of Judah, Greek Version of the LXX Ιεθερ:
a. 1 Chronicles 2:32 (twice in verse).
b. 1 Chronicles 4:17.
5. a man of Asher 1 Chronicles 7:38 (= יִתְרָן 1 Chronicles 7:37), Greek Version of the LXX Ιεθερ, A Ιεθηρ, LXX of Lucian (Lag.) [1 Chronicles 7:39] Εθραν.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

4:18

Judges

8:20

2 Samuel

17:25

1 Kings

2:5; 2:32

1 Chronicles

2:17; 2:32; 4:17; 7:37; 7:38; 7:39

H3500

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Strong's Number H3500 matches the Hebrew יֶתֶר (yeṯer),
which occurs 9 times in 8 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 4:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:18 - Moses went back to Jethro his father-in-law and said to him, “Please let me go back to my brothers in Egypt to see whether they are still alive.” And Jethro said to Moses, “Go in peace.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:20 - So he said to Jether his firstborn, “Rise and kill them!” But the young man did not draw his sword, for he was afraid, because he was still a young man.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:5 - “Moreover, you also know what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, how he dealt with the two commanders of the armies of Israel, Abner the son of Ner, and Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed, avenging[fn] in time of peace for blood that had been shed in war, and putting the blood of war[fn] on the belt around his[fn] waist and on the sandals on his feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:32 - The LORD will bring back his bloody deeds on his own head, because, without the knowledge of my father David, he attacked and killed with the sword two men more righteous and better than himself, Abner the son of Ner, commander of the army of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, commander of the army of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:17 - Abigail bore Amasa, and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:32 - The sons of Jada, Shammai’s brother: Jether and Jonathan; and Jether died childless.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:17 - The sons of Ezrah: Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. These are the sons of Bithiah, the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered married;[fn] and she conceived and bore[fn] Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah, the father of Eshtemoa.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 7:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:38 - The sons of Jether: Jephunneh, Pispa, and Ara.
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