Strong H3500H3500Hיֶ֫תֶר
Jether
One of the 6 senses of Strong H3500
- Transliteration
- yether
- Pronunciation
- yeh'-ther
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
Meaning of the name
Jether = "abundance"
General definition
In the biblical story
Jether
An Ishmaelite, father of Amasa.
Jether, also known as Ithra, was an Ishmaelite and the father of Amasa, who was Absalom's commander and later killed by Joab.
In the Bible
Strong H3500H appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- jether3
First verses
- 1 Kings 2:5Moreover 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 2:32And 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 2:17And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmeelite.