Concept
Name meaning: he that excels (Hitchcock)
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.
Source:Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)Public domain
(his excellence).
Jethro, the father-in-law of Moses. (Exodus 4:18) (B.C. 1530.)
The first-born of Gideon’s seventy sons. (Judges 8:20) (B.C. 1256.)
The father of Amasa, captain-general of Absalom’s army. (B.C. 1023.) Jether is another form of Ithra. (2 Samuel 17:25) He is described in (1 Chronicles 2:17) as an Ishmaelite, which again is more likely to be correct than the “Israelite” of the Hebrew in (2 Samuel 17:1)...
The son of Jada, a descendant of Hezron, of the tribe of Judah. (1 Chronicles 2:32)
The son of Ezra. (1 Chronicles 2:32)
The chief of a family of warriors of the line of Asher, and father of Jephunneh. (1 Chronicles 7:38) He is probably the same as Ithran in the preceding verse.
Source: Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863) · Public domain
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