Remainder
יֶ֫תֶרStrong’s H3499yeter (ye-ter)
Appears in 96 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Yeter is the Hebrew word usually translated “rest of”, “remainder of” and “from remnant of”. It appears in 96 verses of the Old Testament.
“And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant land.”
Meaning
- Remainder, excess, rest, remnant, excellenceremainder, remnant · remainder, rest, other part · excess · abundantly (adv) · abundance, affluence · superiority, excellency
- Cord
How it's translated
- and rest of 50
- rest of 12
- remainder of 8
- and remainder of 4
- from remnant of 2
- one of remnant of 2
- cords 2
- excess 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Kings 23
- 1 Kings 14
- 2 Chronicles 10
- Nehemiah 5
- Joshua 4
- Judges 4
26 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Zechariah 14:2In contextFor I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
- Genesis 49:3Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:
- Exodus 10:5And they shall cover the face of the earth, that one cannot be able to see the earth: and they shall eat the residue of that which is escaped, which remaineth unto you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which groweth for you out of the field:
- Exodus 23:11But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard.
- Leviticus 14:17And of the rest of the oil that is in his hand shall the priest put upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the blood of the trespass offering:
- Numbers 31:32And the booty, being the rest of the prey which the men of war had caught, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep,
All 96 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
יֶ֫תֶר yeter · remainder
1) remainder, excess, rest, remnant, excellence 1a) remainder, remnant 1b) remainder, rest, other part 1c) excess 1d) abundantly (adv) 1e) abundance, affluence 1f) superiority, excellency
יֶ֫תֶר yeter · cord
cord
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “remainder” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
REMA'INDER, noun
- Any thing left after the separation and removal of a part.
- Relics; remains; the corpse of a human being. [Not now used.]
- That which is left after a part is past; as the remainder of the day or week; the remainder of the year; the remainder of life.
- The sum that is left after subtraction or after any deduction.
All definitions and other forms of “remainder”
- In law, an estate limited to take effect and be enjoyed after another estate is determined.
REMA'INDER, adjective
Remaining; refuse; left; as the remainder biscuit; the remainder viands. obsolete
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.