Strong H3501יִתְרָא
Ithra
- Transliteration
- yithrâ'
- Pronunciation
- yith-raw'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
By variation for H3502; {Jithra} an Israelite (or Ishmaelite): - Ithra.
Meaning of the name
Ithra = "abundance"
Detailed 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 H3501 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- ithra1
First verses
- 2 Samuel 17:25And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa was a man’s son, whose name was Ithra an Israelite, that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab’s mother.