יֶתֶר
Yether · yeh'-ther
Jether, the name of five or six Israelites and of one Midianite
Lexicon
Derivation: the same as H3499 (יֶתֶר);
Jether, the name of five or six Israelites and of one Midianite
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Jether, Jethro. Compare H3503 (יִתְרוֹ).
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
9 occurrences · 9 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of jether3 · 33%
- to jethro1 · 11%
- unto jether1 · 11%
- was jether1 · 11%
- jether1 · 11%
- and jether1 · 11%
- were, jether1 · 11%
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.