יֶתֶר
yether · yeh'-ther
properly, an overhanging, i.e. (by implication) an excess, superiority, remainder; also a small rope (as hanging free)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H3498 (יָתַר);
properly, an overhanging, i.e. (by implication) an excess, superiority, remainder; also a small rope (as hanging free)
- properly, an overhanging, i.e. (by implication) an excess, superiority, remainder
- also, a small rope (as hanging free)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [phrase] abundant, cord, exceeding, excellancy(-ent), what they leave, that hath left, plentifully, remnant, residue, rest, string, with.
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › the mark, the covenant sign › the head, the highest
The hand that works of the mark, the covenant sign of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יֶתֶר above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
102 occurrences · 102 OT · 0 NT · 34 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- now the rest30 · 35%
- and the rest21 · 25%
- the rest4 · 5%
- the residue3 · 4%
- hath left3 · 4%
- of the remnant2 · 2%
- withs2 · 2%
- and to the rest2 · 2%
- and the residue2 · 2%
- the excellency1 · 1%
- and the excellency1 · 1%
- and what they leave1 · 1%
- and of the rest1 · 1%
- being the rest1 · 1%
- and toward the remnant1 · 1%
- which was of the remnant1 · 1%
- unto the remnant1 · 1%
- but all the rest1 · 1%
- the withs1 · 1%
- but of the remnant1 · 1%
- and to the remnant1 · 1%
- and the remnant1 · 1%
- with the remnant1 · 1%
- nor to the rest1 · 1%
- doth not their excellency1 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.