Hebrew word · H3501

יִתְרָא

yitra'

Ithra

Appears once in the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

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'

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

2 Samuel · 1

  1. 2 Samuel 17:25 יִתְרָ֣א [was] Jether

    Absalom had appointed Amasa over the army in place of Joab. Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra, the Ishmaelite who had married Abigail, the daughter of Nahash and sister of Zeruiah the mother of Joab.

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