Strong's Definition
from 3498; properly, an overhanging, i.e. (by implication) an excess, superiority, remainder; also a small rope (as hanging free)
KJV Usage: + abundant, cord, exceeding, excellancy(-ent), what they leave, that hath left, plentifully, remnant, residue, rest, string, with
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
יֶ֫תֶר (ye.ter) — remainder. 1) remainder, excess, rest, remnant, excellence 1a) remainder, remnant 1b) remainder, rest, other part 1c) excess 1d) abundantly (adv) 1e) abundance, affluence 1f) superiority, excellency
יֶ֫תֶר (ye.ter) — cord. cord
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m · יתר
Remain
remainder, rest, remnant, survivor = what remains in a certain place after part of the original quantity has disappeared or has been used or dealt with in a certain way; used for humans, animals, plants, and inanimate objects
EXO 10:5 · EXO 23:11 · LEV 14:17 · NUM 31:32 · DEU 3:11 · DEU 3:13 · DEU 28:54 · JOS 12:4 · JOS 13:12 · JOS 13:27 · JOS 23:12 · JDG 7:6 · 1SA 13:2 · 2SA 10:10 · 2SA 12:28 · 2SA 21:2 · 1KI 12:23 · 1KI 22:47 · 2KI 25:11 · 2KI 25:11 · 1CH 19:11 · NEH 2:16 · NEH 4:8 · NEH 4:13 · NEH 6:1 · NEH 6:14 · ISA 44:19 · JER 27:19 · JER 29:1 · JER 39:9 · JER 39:9 · JER 52:15 · JER 52:15 · EZK 34:18 · EZK 48:23 · JOL 1:4 · JOL 1:4 · JOL 1:4 · MIC 5:2 · HAB 2:8 · ZEP 2:9 · ZEC 14:2
Happen
Collocation: יֶתֶר דְּבָרִים
rest (of one's acts) = events that have taken place, that are not among a range of events that have been described or dealt with in a certain way; used for acts of kings only
1KI 11:41 · 1KI 14:19 · 1KI 14:29 · 1KI 15:7 · 1KI 15:23 · 1KI 15:31 · 1KI 16:5 · 1KI 16:14 · 1KI 16:20 · 1KI 16:27 · 1KI 22:39 · 1KI 22:46 · 2KI 1:18 · 2KI 8:23 · 2KI 10:34 · 2KI 12:20 · 2KI 13:8 · 2KI 13:12 · 2KI 14:15 · 2KI 14:18 · 2KI 14:28 · 2KI 15:6 · 2KI 15:11 · 2KI 15:15 · 2KI 15:21 · 2KI 15:26 · 2KI 15:31 · 2KI 15:36 · 2KI 16:19 · 2KI 20:20 · 2KI 21:17 · 2KI 21:25 · 2KI 23:28 · 2KI 24:5 · 2CH 13:22 · 2CH 20:34 · 2CH 25:26 · 2CH 26:22 · 2CH 27:7 · 2CH 28:26 · 2CH 32:32 · 2CH 33:18 · 2CH 35:26 · 2CH 36:8
Well
excellent, fine (words, speech) = state in which human speech is of an excellent quality
Intense
more, exceedingly = state in which an event is being done to a larger extent than is normally done
noun m · מֵיתָר
Cords
cord, string = relatively thin string; ► used to hold a tent or similar construction in place, but also as bowstring; in Judges 16 used to tie down a person
Dead | verb nif
Collocation: נסע יֶתֶר
to pull up (someone's) tent-cord > to cause someone to die literally: to pull up (someone's) tent-cord; hence: = causative action by which an end is made to a human life ◄ as if it were a tent of which the cords are pulled up so that it will collapse
Weak | verb pi
Collocation: פתח יֶתֶר
to loosen (someone's bowstring) > to render (someone) weak, vulnerable literally: to loosen (someone's) bowstring; hence: = causative action by which deities reduce the strength of humans and make them more vulnerable
name
Names of People | ≈ יִתְרֹו
Jether, Jethro = man, also known as Jethro and Reuel; ► priest of Midian; father-in-law of Moses
Names of People
Jether = man; ► father of Amasa, army commander under Absalom and David, killed by Joab
1 JOB 30:11 MT-K יִתְרֹו "his string" | MT-Q יִתְרִי "my string"
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
יֶ֫תֶר 94 n.m. remainder, excellence, excess base
יֶ֫תֶר n.m. cord (prop. as hanging over or down) base
