Strong H35006 sensesיֶ֫תֶר

Jether · Jethro

Transliteration
yether
Pronunciation
yeh'-ther

Meaning of the name

Jether = "abundance"

The 6 senses of Strong H3500

The lexicon tells 6 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H3500 appears in 8 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

  1. JetherH3500HAn Ishmaelite, father of Amasa.3 verses · 1 Kings, 1 Chronicles
  2. JetherH3500GGideon's firstborn son who refused to kill captives.1 verse · Judges
  3. JetherH3500IA son of Jada from the tribe of Judah.1 verse · 1 Chronicles
  4. JetherH3500JSon of Ezrah; brother of Mered, Epher and Jalon1 verse · 1 Chronicles
  5. JetherH3500KDescendant of Asher, son of Zophah.1 verse · 1 Chronicles
  6. JethroH3500LMoses' father-in-law, priest of Midian1 verse · Exodus

General definition

The same as H3499 {Jether} the name of five or six Israelites and of one Midianite: - {Jether} Jethro. Compare H3503 .

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • jether7
  • jethro1

First verses

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 1 Chronicles 2:17
    And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmeelite.
  6. 1 Chronicles 2:32
    And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai; Jether, and Jonathan: and Jether died without children.
  7. 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.
  8. 1 Chronicles 7:38
    And the sons of Jether; Jephunneh, and Pispah, and Ara.