Bible Names

Jattir: meaning of the name

Jattir means “a remnant; excellent.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Jattir in Hebrew and Greek

יַתִּיר H3492

Yattîyr (yat-teer') — Jattir, a place in Palestine

from H3498 (יָתַר); redundant;

Places named Jattir

Jattir in Scripture

“Jattir” appears in 4 verses of the King James Version.

  • Joshua 15:48

    And in the mountains, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh,

  • Joshua 21:14

    And Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs,

  • 1 Samuel 30:27

    To them which were in Beth–el, and to them which were in south Ramoth, and to them which were in Jattir,

  • 1 Chronicles 6:57

    And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, namely, Hebron, the city of refuge, and Libnah with her suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa, with their suburbs,