Lexical Definition

‎יֶתֶר‎ Yether (yeh'-ther) Jether ^N:N-M-P
the same as ‎יֶתֶר‎

Jether, Jethro. Compare ‎יִתְרוֹ‎.

• § Jether = "abundance"
• Jether, the name of five or six Israelites and of one Midianite

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

Extended Information

spelling of: יִתְרוֹ

• A man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Exo.2.18
• father of: Zipporah (צִפֹּרָה) and Hobab (חֹבָב); also called Reuel (KJV: Raguel) at Num.10.29
• Another spelling of yit.ro (‎י‎ִ‎ת‎ְ‎רו‎ֹ "Jethro" יִתְרוֹ)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

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

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

2. eldest son of Gideon Judg 8:20, ᵐ5 Ιεθερ.

3. father of Amasa 1Kgs 2:5; 1Kgs 2:32; 1Chr 2:17, ᵐ5 Ιεθερ; = ‎יִתְרָא‎ 2Sam 17:25, ᵐ5 Ιοθερ, Ιοθορ; ᵐ5^L Ιεθερ.

4. men of Judah, ᵐ5 Ιεθερ:
a. 1Chr 2:32 (twice in verse).
b. 1Chr 4:17.

5. a man of Asher 1Chr 7:38 ( = ‎יִתְרָן‎ v1Chr 7:37), ᵐ5 Ιεθερ, A Ιεθηρ, ᵐ5^L [1Chr 7:39](/btb/not_created.html)] Εθραν.

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