Ithra
יִתְרָאStrong’s H3501yitra (yit-ra)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Yitra is the Hebrew word usually translated “jether”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa was a man’s son, whose name was Ithra an Israelite, that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab’s mother.”
Meaning
- A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.17.25; married to Abigail (H0026H)
How it's translated
- jether 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Samuel 1
1 book in all.
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Hebrew dictionary
יִתְרָא yitra · Ithra
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.17.25; married to Abigail (H0026H); father of: Amasa (H6021); also called Ithra at 2Sa.17.25; Another name of ye.ter (יֶ֫תֶר "Jether" H3500H) § Ithra = "abundance" father of Amasa, the commander of Absalom's army; also 'Jether'
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.