Strong H3503יִתְרוֹ

Jethro

Transliteration
yithrô
Pronunciation
yith-ro'
Morphology
Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person

Definition

From H3499 with pronominal suffix;
his excellence;
{Jethro} Moses´ father in law: - Jethro. Compare H3500 .

Meaning of the name

Jethro = "his abundance"

Detailed definition

A man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Exo.2.18;
father of: Zipporah (H6855) and Hobab (H2246); also called Reuel (KJV: Raguel) at Num.10.29;

In the biblical story

Jethro

Moses' father-in-law, priest of Midian

Jethro, also known as Reuel, was Moses' father-in-law and a priest of Midian (Exo.3.1; 18.1).

In the Bible

Strong H3503 appears in 9 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • jethro9

First verses

  1. Exodus 3:1
    Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.
  2. 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.
  3. Exodus 18:1
    When Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father in law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and that the Lord had brought Israel out of Egypt;
  4. Exodus 18:2
    Then Jethro, Moses’ father in law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her back,
  5. Exodus 18:5
    And Jethro, Moses’ father in law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness, where he encamped at the mount of God:
  6. Exodus 18:6
    And he said unto Moses, I thy father in law Jethro am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.
  7. Exodus 18:9
    And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which the Lord had done to Israel, whom he had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians.
  8. Exodus 18:10
    And Jethro said, Blessed be the Lord, who hath delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh, who hath delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.
  9. Exodus 18:12
    And Jethro, Moses’ father in law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God: and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses’ father in law before God.
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