Jether — the meaning of the Hebrew name יֶתֶר

יֶתֶר

Yether · pronounced yeh'-ther · Strong's H3500 · a man · also spelled Jethro

Jether means Jether, the name of five or six Israelites and of one Midianite.

Built from

יֶתֶר yether (the same as, H3499) — properly, an overhanging, i.e. (by implication) an excess, superiority, remainder open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

the same as H3499; Jether, the name of five or six Israelites and of one Midianite.

First appearance

Exod 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. (KJV)

Every verse that names Jether

8 occurrences in 8 verses — Exodus, Judges, 1 Kings, 1 Chronicles

Exod 4:18Judg 8:201Kgs 2:51Kgs 2:321Chr 2:171Chr 2:321Chr 4:171Chr 7:38

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