יֶ֫תֶר

ye.ter

Hebrew H3500 Personal name, masculine 9 occurrences in 8 verses
יֶ֫תֶר Jether

A man living before Israel's Monarchy, only mentioned at Jdg.8.20;

son of: Gideon (H1439);

brother of: Abimelech (H0040H) and Jotham (H3147)

§ Jether = "abundance"

1. father-in-law of Moses

2. oldest son of Gideon

3. father of Jephunneh and the chief of a line of warriors of the line of Asher

4. father of Amasa, the commander of Absalom's army

5. son of Jada, a descendant of Hezron, of the tribe of Judah

6. a son of Ezra, a Judaite

Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)

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Concordance 8 verses

  1. Exodus 4:18 יֶ֣תֶר

    Then Moses went back to his father-in-law Jethro and said to him, “Please let me return to my brothers in Egypt to see if they are still alive.” “Go in peace,” Jethro replied.

  2. Judges 8:20 לְיֶ֣תֶר

    So he said to Jether, his firstborn, “Get up and kill them.” But the young man did not draw his sword; he was fearful because he was still a youth.

  3. 1 Kings 2:5 יֶ֙תֶר֙

    Moreover, you know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me—what he did to Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether, the two commanders of the armies of Israel. He killed them in peacetime to avenge the blood of war. He stained with the blood of war the belt around his waist and the sandals on his feet.

  4. 1 Kings 2:32 יֶ֖תֶר

    The LORD will bring his bloodshed back upon his own head, for without the knowledge of my father David he struck down two men more righteous and better than he when he put to the sword Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army.

  5. 1 Chronicles 2:17 יֶ֖תֶר

    Abigail was the mother of Amasa, whose father was Jether the Ishmaelite.

  6. 1 Chronicles 2:32 יֶ֖תֶריֶ֖תֶר

    The sons of Jada the brother of Shammai: Jether and Jonathan. Jether died without children.

  7. 1 Chronicles 4:17 יֶ֥תֶר

    The sons of Ezrah: Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. And Mered’s wife Bithiah gave birth to Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.

  8. 1 Chronicles 7:38 יֶ֑תֶר

    The sons of Jether: Jephunneh, Pispa, and Ara.

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