This name belongs to 6 different people in the Bible:
Definition
the same as H3499; Jether, the name of five or six Israelites and of one Midianite
Traditional renderings: Jether, Jethro. Compare H3503.
Traditional renderings: Jether, Jethro. Compare H3503.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
9 total
- Exodus 4:18יֶ֣תֶר · JethroThen 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.
- Judges 8:20לְיֶ֣תֶר · to JetherSo 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.
- 1 Kings 2:5יֶ֙תֶר֙ · of JetherMoreover, 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.
- 1 Kings 2:32יֶ֖תֶר · of JetherThe 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.
- 1 Chronicles 2:17יֶ֖תֶר · was JetherAbigail was the mother of Amasa, whose father was Jether the Ishmaelite.
- 1 Chronicles 2:32 (2×)יֶ֖תֶר · Jether; יֶ֖תֶר · JetherThe sons of Jada the brother of Shammai: Jether and Jonathan. Jether died without children.
- 1 Chronicles 4:17יֶ֥תֶר · JetherThe sons of Ezrah: Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. And Mered’s wife Bithiah gave birth to Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.
- 1 Chronicles 7:38יֶ֑תֶר · of JetherThe sons of Jether: Jephunneh, Pispa, and Ara.