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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 102 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 - Reuben! my first-born thou, My power, and beginning of my strength, The abundance of exaltation, And the abundance of strength;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:5 - and it hath covered the eye of the land, and none is able to see the land, and it hath eaten the remnant of that which is escaped, which is left to you from the hail, and it hath eaten every tree which is springing for you out of the field;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:11 - and the seventh thou dost release it, and hast left it, and the needy of thy people have eaten, and their leaving doth the beast of the field eat; so dost thou to thy vineyard -- to thine olive-yard.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:17 - 'And of the residue of the oil which is on his palm, the priest putteth on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot, on the blood of the guilt-offering;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:32 - And the prey, the residue of the spoil which the people of the host have spoiled, is of the flock six hundred thousand, and seventy thousand, and five thousand;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:11 - for only Og king of Bashan had been left of the remnant of the Rephaim; lo, his bedstead is a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the sons of Ammon? nine cubits its length, and four cubits its breadth, by the cubit of a man.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:13 - and the rest of Gilead and all Bashan, the kingdom of Og, I have given to the half tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob, to all that Bashan, called the land of Rephaim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:54

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:54 - 'The man who is tender in thee, and who is very delicate -- his eye is evil against his brother, and against the wife of his bosom, and against the remnant of his sons whom he leaveth,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:4 - And the border of Og king of Bashan (of the remnant of the Rephaim), who is dwelling in Ashtaroth and in Edrei,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 13:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:12 - all the kingdom of Og in Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei; he was left of the remnant of the Rephaim, and Moses doth smite them, and dispossess them;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:27 - and in the valley, Beth-Aram, and Beth-Nimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, the Jordan and its border, unto the extremity of the sea of Chinnereth, beyond the Jordan, eastward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:12 - 'But -- if ye at all turn back and have cleaved to the remnant of these nations, these who are left with you, and intermarried with them, and gone in to them, and they to you,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:6 - And the number of those lapping with their hand unto their mouth is three hundred men, and all the rest of the people have bowed down on their knees to drink water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:7 - And Samson saith unto her, 'If they bind me with seven green withs which have not been dried, then I have been weak, and have been as one of the human race.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:8 - And the princes of the Philistines bring up to her seven green withs which have not been dried, and she bindeth him with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:9 - And the ambush is abiding with her in an inner chamber, and she saith unto him, 'Philistines are upon thee, Samson;' and he breaketh the withs as a thread of tow is broken in its smelling fire, and his power hath not been known.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 13:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:2 - and Saul chooseth for himself three thousand men out of Israel; and two thousand are with Saul in Michmash, and in the hill-country of Beth-El; and a thousand have been with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin; and the remnant of the people he hath sent each to his tents.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:10 - and the rest of the people he hath given into the hand of Abishai his brother, and setteth in array to meet the Bene-Ammon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:28 - and now, gather the rest of the people, and encamp against the city, and capture it, lest I capture the city, and my name hath been called upon it.'

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:2 - And the king calleth for the Gibeonites, and saith unto them -- as to the Gibeonites, they are not of the sons of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorite, and the sons of Israel had sworn to them, and Saul seeketh to smite them in his zeal for the sons of Israel and Judah --

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:41 - And the rest of the matters of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom, are they not written on the book of the matters of Solomon?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:23 - 'Speak unto Rehoboam son of Solomon, king of Judah, and unto all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and the rest of the people, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:19 - And the rest of the matters of Jeroboam, how he fought, and how he reigned, lo, they are written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:29 - And the rest of the matters of Rehoboam, and all that he did, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:7 - And the rest of the matters of Abijam, and all that he did, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah? And war hath been between Abijam and Jeroboam;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:23 - And the rest of all the matters of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities that he built, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah? Only, at 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 matters of Nadab, and all that he did, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:5 - And the rest of the matters of Baasha, and that which he did, and his might, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:14 - And the rest of the matters of Elah, and all that he did, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:20 - and the rest of the matters of Zimri, and his conspiracy that he made, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:27 - And the rest of the matters of Omri that he did, and his might that he got, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:39 - And the rest of the matters of Ahab, and all that he did, and the house of ivory that he built, and all the cities that he built, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:45 - and the rest of the matters of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he got, and with which he fought, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:46 - And the remnant of the whoremongers who were left in the days of Asa his father he took away out of the land;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:18 - And the rest of the matters of Ahaziah that he did, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:23 - And the rest of the matters of Joram, and all that he did, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:34 - And the rest of the matters of Jehu, and all that he did, and all his might, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:19 - And the rest of the matters of Joash, and all that he did, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:8 - And the rest of the matters of Jehoahaz, and all that he did, and his might, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:12 - And the rest of the matters of Joash, and all that he did, and his might with which he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:15 - And the rest of the matters of Jehoash that he did, and his might, and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:18 - and the rest of the matters of Amaziah are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:28 - And the rest of the matters of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might with which he fought, and with which he brought back Damascus, and Hamath of Judah, into Israel, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:6 - And the rest of the matters of Azariah, and all that he did, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:11 - And the rest of the matters of Zechariah, lo, they are written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:15 - And the rest of the matters of Shallum, and his conspiracy that he made, lo, they are written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:21 - And the rest of the matters of Menahem, and all that he did, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:26 - And the rest of the matters of Pekahiah, and all that he did, lo, they are written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:31 - And the rest of the matters of Pekah, and all that he did, lo, they are written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:36 - And the rest of the matters of Jotham, and all that he did, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah?

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