יֶתֶרyether
יֶ֫תֶר: remainder, excellence, excess
Pronunciation: yeh'-ther · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3499
Meanings
1.
a. remainder, remnant, (with implied inferiority in number or quality), of crops, etc. (Exodus 23:11; Joel 1:4; Exodus 10:5)
b. remainder, rest, other part, of people, elders, etc. (2 Samuel 10:10; 1 Chronicles 19:11; 2 Samuel 12:28)
2.
a. excess (Proverbs 17:7)
b. in adverb phrases (Psalms 31:24; Isaiah 56:12; Daniel 8:9)
c. abundance, affluence, specifically what is over and above immediate necessities (Job 22:20; Psalms 17:14)
3. superiority, excellency (Genesis 49:3; Job 4:1)
יֶ֫תֶר: cord, properly as hanging over or down (Judges 16:7; Psalms 11:2; Job 30:11; Job 4:21; Judges 16:8)
Same root
- יָתַרyâthar · H3498to jut over or exceed; by implication, to excel; (intransitively) to remain or be left; causatively, to leave, cause to abound, preserve
- יֶתֶרYether · H3500Jether, the name of five or six Israelites and of one Midianite
- יִתְרָהyithrâh · H3502properly, excellence, i.e. (by implication) wealth
- יִתְרוֹYithrôw · H3503Jethro, Moses' father-in-law
- יִתְרְעָםYithrᵉʻâm · H3507Jithream, a son of David
- מֵיתָרmêythâr · H4340a cord (of a tent); or the string (of a bow)
Where it appears
Appears 101 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 49:3 “Reuben, you are my firstborn, my strength, the child of my vigorous youth. You are first in rank and first in power.
- Exodus 10:5 They will cover the land so that you won’t be able to see the ground. They will devour what little is left of your crops after the hailstorm, including all the trees growing in the fields.
- Exodus 23:11 but let the land be renewed and lie uncultivated during the seventh year. Then let the poor among you harvest whatever grows on its own. Leave the rest for wild animals to eat. The same applies to your vineyards and olive groves.
- Leviticus 14:17 The priest will then apply some of the oil in his palm over the blood from the guilt offering that is on the lobe of the right ear, the thumb of the right hand, and the big toe of the right foot of the person being purified.
- Numbers 31:32 The plunder remaining from everything the fighting men had taken totaled 675,000 sheep and goats,
- Deuteronomy 3:11 (King Og of Bashan was the last survivor of the giant Rephaites. His bed was made of iron and was more than thirteen feet long and six feet wide. It can still be seen in the Ammonite city of Rabbah.)
See every passage
- Genesis 49:3
- Exodus 10:5, 23:11
- Leviticus 14:17
- Numbers 31:32
- Deuteronomy 3:11, 3:13, 28:54
- Joshua 12:4, 13:12, 13:27, 23:12
- Judges 7:6, 16:7, 16:8, 16:9
- 1 Samuel 13:2
- 2 Samuel 10:10, 12:28, 21:2
- 1 Kings 11:41, 12:23, 14:19, 14:29, 15:7, 15:23, 15:31, 16:5, 16:14, 16:20, 16:27, 22:39, 22:45, 22:46
- 2 Kings 1:18, 8:23, 10:34, 12:19, 13:8, 13:12, 14:15, 14:18, 14:28, 15:6, 15:11, 15:15, 15:21, 15:26, 15:31, 15:36, 16:19, 20:20, 21:17, 21:25, 23:28, 24:5, 25:11
- 1 Chronicles 19:11
- 2 Chronicles 13:22, 20:34, 25:26, 26:22, 27:7, 28:26, 32:32, 33:18, 35:26, 36:8
- Nehemiah 2:16, 4:14, 4:19, 6:1, 6:14
- Job 4:21, 22:20, 30:11
- Psalms 11:2, 17:14, 31:23
- Proverbs 17:7
- Isaiah 38:10, 44:19, 56:12
- Jeremiah 27:19, 29:1, 39:9, 52:15
- Ezekiel 34:18, 48:23
- Daniel 8:9
- Joel 1:4
- Micah 5:3
- Habakkuk 2:8
- Zephaniah 2:9
- Zechariah 14:2
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).