H3500: יֶתֶר
Yether · pronounced yeh'-ther · “Jether”
Definition
Jether, the name of five or six Israelites and of one Midianite
KJV translates it as: Jether, Jethro. Compare H3503 (יִתְרוֹ).
Word origin: the same as H3499 (יֶתֶר);
Extended definition
son of: Gideon (H1439);
brother of: Abimelech (H0040H) and Jotham (H3147)
§ 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
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H3500 is translated
- jether ×8
- jethro ×1
Bible verses with H3500 (Yether)
Yether appears in 8 verses.
- Exodus 4:18
And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren which are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.
- Judges 8:20
And he said unto Jether his firstborn, Up, and slay them. But the youth drew not his sword: for he feared, because he was yet a youth.
- 1 Kings 2:5
Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet.
- 1 Kings 2:32
And the Lord shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.
- 1 Chronicles 2:17
And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmeelite.
- 1 Chronicles 2:32
And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai; Jether, and Jonathan: and Jether died without children.
- 1 Chronicles 4:17
And the sons of Ezra were, Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon: and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.
- 1 Chronicles 7:38
And the sons of Jether; Jephunneh, and Pispah, and Ara.