יִתְרוֹ
Yithrôw · yith-ro'
Jethro, Moses' father-in-law
Lexicon
Derivation: from H3499 (יֶתֶר) with pron. suffix; his excellence;
Jethro, Moses' father-in-law
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Jethro. Compare H3500 (יֶתֶר).
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
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › the mark, the covenant sign › the head, the highest › to fasten and establish
The hand that works of the mark, the covenant sign of the head, the highest that works to fasten and establish.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יִתְרוֹ 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 · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and jethro5 · 56%
- of jethro1 · 11%
- when jethro1 · 11%
- then jethro1 · 11%
- jethro1 · 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.