יִתְרוֹ
yitro · Jethro
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H3503 · appears 9 times in the Bible
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yitro (יִתְרוֹ) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Jethro”.
Priest of Midian and father-in-law of Moses (called Reuel in Exodus 2:18).
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yi·tro
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
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Where it appears
- Exodus 3:1
Moses was shepherding the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian; and he led the flock beyond the wilderness and came to the mountain of Elohim, to Horeb.
- Exodus 4:18
Moses went and returned to Jether his father-in-law and said to him, “Please let me go and return to my brothers who are in Egypt and see whether they are still alive.” And Jethro said to Moses, “Go in peace.”
- Exodus 18:1
Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father-in-law, heard of all that Elohim had done for Moses and for Israel his people, how YHWH had brought Israel out of Egypt.
- Exodus 18:2
Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, had taken Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her back,
- Exodus 18:5
Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, came with his sons and his wife to Moses in the wilderness where he was camped, at the mountain of Elohim.
- Exodus 18:6
He said to Moses, “I, your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you, with your wife and her two sons with her.”
- Exodus 18:9
Jethro rejoiced over all the good that YHWH had done for Israel, in that he had delivered them from the hand of the Egyptians.
- Exodus 18:10
Jethro said, “Blessed be YHWH, who delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians and from the hand of Pharaoh, who delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.
- Exodus 18:12
Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, brought a burnt offering and sacrifices for Elohim; and Aaron came, with all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses’ father-in-law before Elohim.