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Lexicon :: Strong's H3499 - yeṯer

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יֶתֶר
Transliteration
yeṯer
Pronunciation
yeh'-ther
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 936a

Strong’s Definitions

יֶתֶר yether, yeh'-ther; from H3498; properly, an overhanging, i.e. (by implication) an excess, superiority, remainder; also a small rope (as hanging free):— abundant, cord, exceeding, excellancy(-ent), what they leave, that hath left, plentifully, remnant, residue, rest, string, with.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 101x

The KJV translates Strong's H3499 in the following manner: rest (63x), remnant (14x), residue (8x), leave (4x), excellency (3x), withs (3x), cord (1x), exceeding (1x), excellent (1x), more (1x), plentifully (1x), string (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 101x
The KJV translates Strong's H3499 in the following manner: rest (63x), remnant (14x), residue (8x), leave (4x), excellency (3x), withs (3x), cord (1x), exceeding (1x), excellent (1x), more (1x), plentifully (1x), string (1x).

  1. remainder, excess, rest, remnant, excellence

    1. remainder, remnant

    2. remainder, rest, other part

    3. excess

    4. abundantly (adv)

    5. abundance, affluence

    6. superiority, excellency

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יֶתֶר yether, yeh'-ther; from H3498; properly, an overhanging, i.e. (by implication) an excess, superiority, remainder; also a small rope (as hanging free):— abundant, cord, exceeding, excellancy(-ent), what they leave, that hath left, plentifully, remnant, residue, rest, string, with.
STRONGS H3499: Abbreviations
I. יֶ֫תֶר 94 noun masculineNehemiah 2:16 remainder, excellence, excess; — absolute יֶ֫תֶר Nehemiah 2:16 + 2 times; יָ֑תֶר Proverbs 17:7; construct יֶ֫תֶר Genesis 49:3 + 84 times; יֶ֫תֶר Isaiah 56:12 (see Baer's note); suffix יִתְרוֺ Isaiah 44:19; יִתְרָם Exodus 23:11 + 2 times (not Job 4:21, which see below II. יֶתֶר); —
1.
†a. remainder, remnant (with implied inferiority in number or quality), of crops, etc. יִתְרָם Exodus 23:11 (JE), their remnant, i.e. what they (the enemy) leave, so יֶתֶר הַגָּזָם Joel 1:4; יֶתֶר הָאַרְבֶּה Joel 1:4; יֶתֶר הַיֶּלֶק Joel 1:4; הַפְּלֵטָה יֶתֶר הַנִּשְׁאֶרֶת Exodus 10:5 (J); of vessels, יֶתֶר הַכֵּלִים הַנּוֺתָרִים Jeremiah 27:19; of a tree Isaiah 44:19 (= שְׁאֵרִית Isaiah 44:17); elsewhere of person Deuteronomy 3:11 = Joshua 12:4; Joshua 3:12 (both D), Deuteronomy 28:54; Joshua 23:12 (D), 2 Samuel 21:2; 2 Kings 25:11 = Jeremiah 52:15; Ezekiel 34:18; of a rescued remnant of Israel (Judah) Micah 5:2; Zephaniah 2:9 (|| שְׁאֵרִית), Zechariah 14:2; יֶתֶר הַקָּדֵשׁ אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁאַר 1 Kings 22:47; יֶתֶר הָעָם הַנִּשְׁאָרִים Jeremiah 36:9 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 25:11 = Jeremiah 52:15†.
b. remainder, rest, other part of people, elders, etc., 2 Samuel 10:10 = 1 Chronicles 19:11; 2 Samuel 12:28; 1 Kings 12:23; Jeremiah 29:1; Habakkuk 2:8; Ezekiel 48:23; sometimes including a majority Judges 7:6; 1 Samuel 13:2; of common people (opposed to rulers) Nehemiah 2:16; Nehemiah 4:8; Nehemiah 4:13; compare Nehemiah 6:1; of land Deuteronomy 3:13; Joshua 13:27 (P); of other inanimate things Leviticus 14:17 (P), Numbers 31:32 (id.), of years Isaiah 38:10; elsewhere in phrase יֶחֶר דִּבְרֵי the rest of the affairs of, in summaries of reigns of kings of Israel and Judah 1 Kings 11:41 + 41 times Kings Chronicles; יֶתֶר כָּלדִּֿבְרֵי 1 Kings 15:23; יֶתֶר דְּבָרָיו 2 Chronicles 28:26.
†2.
a. excess, שְׂפַת יָ֑תֶר Proverbs 17:7 a lip of excess = arrogant speech (see VB).
b. in adverb phrases, עַל יֶתֶר Psalm 31:24 on the basis of abundance = abundantly, as adverb accusative גָּדוֺל יֶתֶר מְאֹד Isaiah 56:12 great, in abundance, exceedingly, Daniel 8:9 וַתִּגְדַּליֶֿתֶר and grew great in excess, exceedingly (compare bdb045201 much, bdb045202 more than).
c. specifically what is over and above immediate necessities, abundance, affluence Job 22:20; Psalm 17:14.
†3. superiority, excellency יֶתֶר שְׂאֵת וְיֶתֶר עָ֫ז Genesis 49:3. — On Job 4:1 see II. יֶתֶר.

II. יֶ֫תֶר noun masculineJudges 16:7 cord (properly as hanging over or down; Aramaic יַתְרָא part of the intestines, Targum יְתָרַיָּא ropes, bdb045203 cord, rope, chord of arc; Arabic bdb045204 bow-string, lute-string; Ethiopic bdb045205 sinew, cord; bdb045206 stretch bowstring, strain (eyes), be intent, eager, etc.) — יֶתֶ֑ר Psalm 11:2 + 3 times; suffix יִתְרוֺ Kt Job 30:11 (יִתְרִי Qr); יִתְרָם Job 4:21; — cord, for binding a man Judges 16:7, 8, 9; bowstring Psalm 11:2; Job 30:11 (according to Qr, opposed to Job 29:20b; Kt = his cord, with which he reins in my assailants; compare Di Da). Job 4:21 tent-cord Ew De Di RV; yet read perhaps יְתֵדָם their tent-peg, so Ol Hi Sgfr (> AV their excellency, from I. יֶתֶר).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

49:3; 49:3

Exodus

10:5; 23:11; 23:11

Leviticus

14:17

Numbers

31:32

Deuteronomy

3:11; 3:13; 28:54

Joshua

3:12; 12:4; 13:27; 23:12

Judges

7:6; 16:7; 16:7; 16:8; 16:9

1 Samuel

13:2

2 Samuel

10:10; 12:28; 21:2

1 Kings

11:41; 12:23; 15:23; 22:47

2 Kings

25:11; 25:11

1 Chronicles

19:11

2 Chronicles

28:26

Nehemiah

2:16; 2:16; 2:16; 4:8; 4:13; 6:1

Job

4:1; 4:21; 4:21; 4:21; 22:20; 29:20; 30:11; 30:11

Psalms

11:2; 11:2; 17:14; 31:24

Proverbs

17:7; 17:7

Isaiah

38:10; 44:17; 44:19; 44:19; 56:12; 56:12

Jeremiah

27:19; 29:1; 36:9; 52:15; 52:15

Ezekiel

34:18; 48:23

Daniel

8:9

Joel

1:4; 1:4; 1:4

Micah

5:2

Habakkuk

2:8

Zephaniah

2:9

Zechariah

14:2

H3499

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Strong's Number H3499 matches the Hebrew יֶתֶר (yeṯer),
which occurs 101 times in 95 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 49:3–2Ki 15:36)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:3 - Ruben, thou [fn]art my first-born, thou my strength, and the first of my children, hard to be endured, hard and self-willed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:5 - And they shall cover the face of the earth, and thou shalt not be able to see the earth; and they shall devour all that is left of the abundance of the earth, which the hail has left you, and shall devour every tree that grows for you on the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:11 - But in the seventh year thou shalt let it rest, and leave it, and the poor of thy nation shall feed; and the wild beasts of the field shall eat that which remains: thus shalt thou do to thy vineyard and to thine oliveyard.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:17 - And the remaining oil that is in his hand, the priest shall put on the tip of the right ear of him that is under cleansing, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot, on the place of the blood of the trespass-offering.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:32 - And that which remained of the spoil which the warriors took, was—of the sheep, six hundred and seventy-five thousand:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:11 - For only Og the king of Basan was left of the Raphain: behold, his bed was a bed of iron; behold, it is in the [fn]chief city of the children of Ammon; the length of it is nine cubits, and the breadth of it four cubits, according to the cubit of a man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:13 - And the rest of Galaad, and all Basan the kingdom of Og I gave to the half-tribe of Manasse, and all the country round about Argob, all that Basan; it shall be accounted the land of Raphain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:54 - He that is tender and very delicate within thee shall look with an evil eye upon his brother, and the wife in his bosom, and the children that are left, which may have been left to him;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:4 - And Og king of Basan, who dwelt in Astaroth and in Edrain, was left of the giants

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:12 - All the kingdom of Og in the region of Basan, who reigned in Astaroth and in Edrain: he was left of the giants; and Moses smote him, and destroyed him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:27 - and Enadom, and Othargai, and Bænthanabra, and Soccotha, and Saphan, and the rest of the kingdom of Seon king of Esebon: and Jordan shall be the boundary as far as part of the sea of Chenereth beyond Jordan eastward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:12 - For if ye shall turn aside and attach yourselves to these nations that are left with you, and make marriages with them, and become mingled with them and they with you,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:6 - And the number of those that lapped with their hand to their mouth was three hundred men; and all the rest of the people bowed upon their knees to drink water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:7 - And Sampson said to her, If they bind me with seven moist cords that have not been spoiled, then shall I be weak and be as one of ordinary men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:8 - And the princes of the Philistines brought to her seven moist cords that had not been spoiled, and she bound him with them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:9 - And the [fn]liers in wait remained with her in the chamber; and she said to him, The Philistines are upon thee, Sampson: and he broke the cords as if any one should break a thread of tow when it has [fn]touched the fire, and his strength was not known.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:2 - And Saul chooses for himself three thousand men of the men of Israel: and there were with Saul two thousand who were in Machmas, and in mount Bæthel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gabaa of Benjamin: and he sent the rest of the people every man to his tent.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:10 - And the rest of the people he gave into the hand of Abessa his brother, and they set the battle in array opposite to the children of Ammon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:28 - And now gather the rest of the people, and encamp against the city, and take it beforehand; lest I take the city first, and my name be called upon it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:2 - And king David called the Gabaonites, and said to them;—(now the Gabaonites are not the children of Israel, but are of the remnant of the Amorite, and the children of Israel had sworn to them: but Saul sought to smite them in his zeal for the children of Israel and Juda.)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:41 - And the rest of the [fn]history of Solomon, and all that he did, and all his wisdom, behold are not these things written in the book of the [fn]life of Solomon?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:23 - Speak to Roboam the son of Solomon, king of Juda, and to all the house of Juda and Benjamin, and to the remnant of the people, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:29 - And the rest of the [fn]history of Roboam, and all that he did, behold, are they not written in the book of the chronicles [fn]of the kings of Juda?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:7 - And the rest of the [fn]history of Abiu, and all that he did, behold, are not these written in the [fn]book of the chronicles of the kings of Juda? And there was war between Abiu and Jeroboam.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:23 - And the rest of the history of Asa, and all his [fn]mighty deeds which he wrought, and the cities which he built, behold, are not these written in the book of the chronicles [fn]of the kings of Juda? Nevertheless in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:31 - And the rest of the history of Nabat, and all that he did, behold, are not these written in the book of the chronicles [fn]of the kings of Israel?[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:5 - Now the rest of the history of Baasa, and all that he did, and his mighty acts, behold, are not these written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:14 - And the rest of the [fn]deeds of Ela which he did, behold, are not these written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:20 - And the rest of the history of Zambri, and his conspiracies wherein he conspired, behold, are not these written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:27 - And the rest of the acts of Ambri, and all that he did, and all his might, behold, are not these things written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:39 - And the rest of the acts of Achaab, and all that he did, and the ivory house which he built, and all the cities which he [fn]built, behold, are not these things written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:45 - (LXX 22:46) And the rest of the [fn]acts of Josaphat, and his mighty deeds, whatever he did, behold, are not these things written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Juda?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:18 - And the rest of the [fn]acts of Ochozias which he did, behold, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:23 - And the rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, behold, are not these written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Juda?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:34 - And the rest of the acts of Ju, and all that he did, and all his might, and the wars wherein he engaged, are not these things written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:19 - (LXX 12:20) And the rest of the acts of Joas, and all that he did, behold, are not these things written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Juda?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:8 - And the rest of the acts of Joachaz, and all that he did, and his mighty acts are not these things written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:12 - And the rest of the acts of Joas, and all that he did, and his mighty acts which he performed together with Amessias king of Juda, are not these written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:15 - And the rest of the acts of Joas, even all that he did in his might, how he warred with Amessias king of Juda, are not these things written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:18 - And the rest of the acts of Amessias, and all that he did, are not these written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Juda?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:28 - And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his mighty deeds, which he achieved in war, and how he recovered Damascus and Æmath to Juda in Israel, are not these things written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:6 - And the rest of the acts of Azarias, and all that he did, are not these written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Juda?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:11 - And the rest of the acts of Zacharias, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:15 - And the rest of the acts of Sellum, and his conspiracy wherein he was engaged, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:21 - And the rest of the acts of Manaem, and all that he did, behold, are not these written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:26 - And the rest of the acts of Phakesias, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:31 - And the rest of the acts of Phakee, and all that he did, behold, these are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:36 - And the rest of the acts of Joatham, and all that he did, are not these written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Juda?

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