Lexical Summary Yether: Moses' father-in-law, also the name of several Israelites Original Word: יֶתֶרTransliteration: Yether Phonetic Spelling: (yeh'-ther) Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine Short Definition: Moses' father-in-law, also the name of several Israelites Meaning: Jether -- Moses' father-in-law, also the name of several Israelites Strong's Concordance Jether, Jethro The same as yether; Jether, the name of five or six Israelites and of one Midianite -- Jether, Jethro. Compare Yithrow. see HEBREW yether see HEBREW Yithrow Brown-Driver-Briggs H3500. Yether III. יֶ֫תֶר proper name, masculine (abundance; on form and meaning of this and the following proper name see LagBN 52, 198) — 1 father of Moses' wife Exodus 4:18 a (E; probably text error, elsewhere יִתְרוֺ, q. v.) 2 eldest son of Gideon Judges 8:20, ᵐ5 Ιεθερ. 3 father of Amasa 1 Kings 2:5, 32; 1 Chronicles 2:17, ᵐ5 Ιεθερ; = יִתְרָא 2 Samuel 17:25, ᵐ5 Ιοθερ, Ιοθορ; ᵐ5L Ιεθερ. 4 men of Judah, ᵐ5 Ιεθερ: a. 1 Chronicles 2:32 (twice in verse). 5 a man of Asher 1 Chronicles 7:38 ( = יִתְרָן 7:37), ᵐ5 Ιεθερ, A Ιεθηρ, ᵐ5L [7:39] Εθραν. |