Strong H3505יִתְרִי

Ithrite

Transliteration: yithrîy
Pronunciation: yith-ree'
Morphology: Proper Name of a Person in Gentilic sense

Definition

Patronymic from H3500; a Jithrite or descendant of Jether: - Ithrite.

Meaning of the name

Ithrite = "a remnant: excellence"

Detailed definition

Someone descended from Ithar(?), first mentioned at 2Sa.23.38

In the biblical story

Ithrites

Clan descended from Kiriath-jearim; two of David's warriors.

The Ithrites were a clan descended from Kiriath-jearim (1Ch.2.53), and two of David's mighty warriors, Ira and Gareb, were Ithrites (2Sa.23.38; 1Ch.11.40).

In the Bible

Strong H3505 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

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First verses

2 Samuel 23:38
Ira an Ithrite, Gareb an Ithrite,
1 Chronicles 2:53
And the families of Kirjath–jearim; the Ithrites, and the Puhites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the Zareathites, and the Eshtaulites.
1 Chronicles 11:40
Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,