Jether
Jether is a name mentioned several times in the Hebrew Bible.
It means: surplus; excellence.
Father-in-law of Moses (Ex. 4:18 marg.), called elsewhere
Jethro.
The oldest of Gideon's seventy sons (Judg. 8:20).
The father of Amasa, David's general (1 Kings 2:5, 32); called
Ithra (2 Sam. 17:25).
1 Chr. 7:38.
1 Chr. 2:32; one of Judah's posterity.
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And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, who
fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew
them with the sword, my father David not knowing [thereof, to
wit], Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and
Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah....
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Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to
me, [and] what he did to the two captains of the hosts of
Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of
Jether, whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and
put the blood of war upon his girdle that [was] about his
loins, and in his shoes that [were] on his ...
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And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa [was] Jether
the Ishmeelite....
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je'-ther (yether, "abundance"):
(1) Ex 4:18 the Revised Version margin, King James Version,
margin.
See JETHRO.
(2) Gideon's eldest son (Jdg 8:20), who was called upon by his
father to slay Zebah and Zalmunnah, but "feared, because he
was yet a youth." The narrative there (Jdg 8:4 ff) should be
connected with that of Jdg 6:34, where Gideon is f...
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-1. Son of Gideon, "was afraid" to kill the Midianite kings
Jud 8:20
-2. An Ishmaelite who married David's sister
1Ki 2:5,32; 1Ch 2:17
Called ITHRA
2Sa 17:25
-3. A son of Jada
1Ch 2:32
-4. A son of Ezra
1Ch 4:17
-5. A chief of the line of Asher
1Ch 7:38...
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(his excellence).
1. Jethro, the father-in-law of Moses. Ex 4:18 (B.C.
1530.)
2. The first-born of Gideon's seventy sons. Jud 8:20
(B.C. 1256.)
3. The father of Amasa, captain-general of Absalom's
army. (B.C. 1023.) Jether is another form of ITHRA.
2Sa 17:25 He is described in 1Ch 2:17 as an
Ishmaelite, which again is more likely to be corr...
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surplus; excellence. (1.) Father-in-law of Moses (Ex. 4:18
marg.), called elsewhere Jethro (q.v.).
(2.) The oldest of Gideon's seventy sons (Judg. 8:20).
(3.) The father of Amasa, David's general (1 Kings
2:5, 32);
called Ithra (2 Sam. 17:25).
(4.) 1 Chr. 7:38.
(5.) 1 Chr. 2:32; one of Judah's posterity.
(6.) 1 Chr. 4:17....
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