Bible dictionaries

Jetur

What Bible dictionaries say about “Jetur”, one article after the other.

Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary

Jetur - (Easton's Bible Dictionary)

An enclosure, one of the twelve sons of Ishmael (Gen. 25:15).

Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE 1915)

je'-tur (yeTur, meaning uncertain): a "son" of Ishmael (Ge 25:15 parallel 1Ch 1:31); against this clan the two and a half tribes warred (1Ch 5:18 f); they are the Itureans of New Testament times.

See ITURAEA.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia — James Orr, general editor and contributors; CrossWire SWORD module ISBE 2.2

The article in ISBE 1915

Smith’s Bible Dictionary

(an enclosure). (Genesis 25:15; 1 Chronicles 1:31; 5:19) [ITURAEA]

William Smith; revised by F. N. Peloubet and M. A. Peloubet; CrossWire SWORD module Smith 1.3

The article in Smith