יֶתֶרYether

Meanings

Same root

• יֶתֶרyether · H3499properly, an overhanging, i.e. (by implication) an excess, superiority, remainder; also a small rope (as hanging free)
• יִתְרִיYithrîy · H3505a Jithrite or descendant of Jether

Where it appears

Appears 9 times in the Bible.

• Exodus 4:18 So Moses went back home to Jethro, his father-in-law. “Please let me return to my relatives in Egypt,” Moses said. “I don’t even know if they are still alive.” “Go in peace,” Jethro replied.
• Judges 8:20 Turning to Jether, his oldest son, he said, “Kill them!” But Jether did not draw his sword, for he was only a boy and was afraid.
• 1 Kings 2:5 “And there is something else. You know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me when he murdered my two army commanders, Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether. He pretended that it was an act of war, but it was done in a time of peace, staining his belt and sandals with innocent blood.
• 1 Kings 2:32 The Lord will repay him for the murders of two men who were more righteous and better than he. For my father knew nothing about the deaths of Abner son of Ner, commander of the army of Israel, and of Amasa son of Jether, commander of the army of Judah.
• 1 Chronicles 2:17 Abigail married a man named Jether, an Ishmaelite, and they had a son named Amasa.
• 1 Chronicles 2:32 The sons of Jada, Shammai’s brother, were Jether and Jonathan. Jether died without children,