יֶ֫תֶר
remainder
also: excess, rest, remnant, excellence fuller range ↓
Full lexicon entry — Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
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Where this word appears
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
State
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
Grammatical forms
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct 94 times (92%)
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute 5 times (5%)
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute 3 times (3%)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 102 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
Every verse where H3499 appears — 95 distinct verses across 26 books. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Genesis 1 verse
Exodus 2 verses
- Exodus 10:5 יֶ֣תֶר n c ms cs and they shall cover the surface of the earth, so that one won't be able to see the earth. They shall eat the residue of that which has escaped, which remains to you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which grows for you out of the field.
- Exodus 23:11 וְ/יִתְרָ֕/ם conj + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp but the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow, that the poor of your people may eat; and what they leave the animal of the field shall eat. In like manner you shall deal with your vineyard and with your olive grove.
Leviticus 1 verse
Numbers 1 verse
Deuteronomy 3 verses
- Deuteronomy 3:11 מִ/יֶּ֣תֶר prep + n c ms cs (For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of the Rephaim; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; isn't it in Rabbah of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length of it, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.)
- Deuteronomy 3:13 וְ/יֶ֨תֶר conj + n c ms cs and the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, the kingdom of Og, gave I to the half-tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob, even all Bashan. (The same is called the land of Rephaim.
- Deuteronomy 28:54 וּ/בְ/יֶ֥תֶר conj + prep + n c ms cs The man who is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children whom he has remaining;
Joshua 4 verses
- Joshua 12:4 מִ/יֶּ֖תֶר prep + n c ms cs and the border of Og king of Bashan, of the remnant of the Rephaim, who lived at Ashtaroth and at Edrei,
- Joshua 13:12 מִ/יֶּ֣תֶר prep + n c ms cs all the kingdom of Og in Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei (the same was left of the remnant of the Rephaim); for these did Moses strike, and drove them out.
- Joshua 13:27 יֶ֚תֶר n c ms cs and in the valley, Beth Haram, and Beth Nimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, the Jordan and the border [of it], to the uttermost part of the sea of Chinnereth beyond the Jordan eastward.
- Joshua 23:12 בְּ/יֶ֨תֶר֙ prep + n c ms cs Else if you do at all go back, and cleave to the remnant of these nations, even these who remain among you, and make marriages with them, and go in to them, and they to you;
Judges 4 verses
- Judges 7:6 יֶ֣תֶר n c ms cs The number of those who lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, was three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down on their knees to drink water.
- Judges 16:7 יְתָרִ֥ים n c mp Samson said to her, If they bind me with seven green cords that were never dried, then shall I become weak, and be as another man.
- Judges 16:8 יְתָרִ֥ים n c mp Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green cords which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.
- Judges 16:9 הַ/יְתָרִ֔ים ptcl def.art + n c mp Now she had liers-in-wait abiding in the inner chamber. She said to him, The Philistines are on you, Samson. He broke the cords, as a string of tow is broken when it touches the fire. So his strength was not known.
1 Samuel 1 verse
2 Samuel 3 verses
- 2 Samuel 10:10 יֶ֣תֶר n c ms cs The rest of the people he committed into the hand of Abishai his brother; and he put them in array against the children of Ammon.
- 2 Samuel 12:28 יֶ֣תֶר n c ms cs Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and encamp against the city, and take it; lest I take the city, and it be called after my name.
- 2 Samuel 21:2 מִ/יֶּ֣תֶר prep + n c ms cs The king called the Gibeonites, and said to them (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn to them: and Saul sought to kill them in his zeal for the children of Israel and Judah);
1 Kings 14 verses
- 1 Kings 11:41 וְ/יֶ֨תֶר conj + n c ms cs Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom, aren't they written in the book of the acts of Solomon?
- 1 Kings 12:23 וְ/יֶ֥תֶר conj + n c ms cs Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the rest of the people, saying,
- 1 Kings 14:19 וְ/יֶ֨תֶר֙ conj + n c ms cs The rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he warred, and how he reigned, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
- 1 Kings 14:29 וְ/יֶ֛תֶר conj + n c ms cs Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
- 1 Kings 15:7 וְ/יֶ֨תֶר conj + n c ms cs The rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? There was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.
- 1 Kings 15:23 וְ/יֶ֣תֶר conj + n c ms cs Now the rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities which he built, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? But in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet.
- 1 Kings 15:31 וְ/יֶ֛תֶר conj + n c ms cs Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that he did, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
- 1 Kings 16:5 וְ/יֶ֨תֶר conj + n c ms cs Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, and what he did, and his might, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
- 1 Kings 16:14 וְ/יֶ֛תֶר conj + n c ms cs Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all that he did, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
- 1 Kings 16:20 וְ/יֶ֨תֶר֙ conj + n c ms cs Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his treason that he did, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
- 1 Kings 16:27 וְ/יֶ֨תֶר conj + n c ms cs Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and his might that he shown, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
- 1 Kings 22:39 וְ/יֶתֶר֩ conj + n c ms cs Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the ivory house which he built, and all the cities that he built, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
- 1 Kings 22:45 וְ/יֶ֨תֶר conj + n c ms cs Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he shown, and how he warred, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
- 1 Kings 22:46 וְ/יֶ֨תֶר֙ conj + n c ms cs The remnant of the sodomites, that remained in the days of his father Asa, he put away out of the land.
2 Kings 23 verses
- 2 Kings 1:18 וְ/יֶ֛תֶר conj + n c ms cs Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
- 2 Kings 8:23 וְ/יֶ֛תֶר conj + n c ms cs The rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
- 2 Kings 10:34 וְ/יֶ֨תֶר conj + n c ms cs Now the rest of the acts of Jehu, and all that he did, and all his might, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
- 2 Kings 12:19 וְ/יֶ֛תֶר conj + n c ms cs Now the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
- 2 Kings 13:8 וְ/יֶ֨תֶר conj + n c ms cs Now the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, and all that he did, and his might, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
- 2 Kings 13:12 וְ/יֶ֨תֶר conj + n c ms cs Now the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and his might with which he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
- 2 Kings 14:15 וְ/יֶתֶר֩ conj + n c ms cs Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his might, and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
- 2 Kings 14:18 וְ/יֶ֖תֶר conj + n c ms cs Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
- 2 Kings 14:28 וְ/יֶתֶר֩ conj + n c ms cs Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might, how he warred, and how he recovered Damascus, and Hamath, [which had belonged] to Judah, for Israel, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
- 2 Kings 15:6 וְ/יֶ֛תֶר conj + n c ms cs Now the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
- 2 Kings 15:11 וְ/יֶ֖תֶר conj + n c ms cs Now the rest of the acts of Zechariah, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
- 2 Kings 15:15 וְ/יֶ֨תֶר֙ conj + n c ms cs Now the rest of the acts of Shallum, and his conspiracy which he made, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
- 2 Kings 15:21 וְ/יֶ֛תֶר conj + n c ms cs Now the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all that he did, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
- 2 Kings 15:26 וְ/יֶ֛תֶר conj + n c ms cs Now the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
- 2 Kings 15:31 וְ/יֶ֥תֶר conj + n c ms cs Now the rest of the acts of Pekah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
- 2 Kings 15:36 וְ/יֶ֛תֶר conj + n c ms cs Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all that he did, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
- 2 Kings 16:19 וְ/יֶ֛תֶר conj + n c ms cs Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz which he did, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
- 2 Kings 20:20 וְ/יֶ֨תֶר conj + n c ms cs Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made the pool, and the conduit, and brought water into the city, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
- 2 Kings 21:17 וְ/יֶ֨תֶר conj + n c ms cs Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all that he did, and his sin that he sinned, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
- 2 Kings 21:25 וְ/יֶ֛תֶר conj + n c ms cs Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
- 2 Kings 23:28 וְ/יֶ֛תֶר conj + n c ms cs Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
- 2 Kings 24:5 וְ/יֶ֛תֶר conj + n c ms cs Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
- 2 Kings 25:11 יֶ֨תֶר יֶ֣תֶר n c ms cs n c ms cs The residue of the people who were left in the city, and those who fell away, who fell to the king of Babylon, and the residue of the multitude, did Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carry away captive.
1 Chronicles 1 verse
2 Chronicles 10 verses
- 2 Chronicles 13:22 וְ/יֶ֨תֶר֙ conj + n c ms cs The rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his sayings, are written in the commentary of the prophet Iddo.
- 2 Chronicles 20:34 וְ/יֶ֨תֶר֙ conj + n c ms cs Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, they are written in the history of Jehu the son of Hanani, which is inserted in the book of the kings of Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 25:26 וְ/יֶ֨תֶר֙ conj + n c ms cs Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, first and last, behold, aren't they written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel?
- 2 Chronicles 26:22 וְ/יֶ֨תֶר֙ conj + n c ms cs Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first and last, did Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, write.
- 2 Chronicles 27:7 וְ/יֶתֶר֙ conj + n c ms cs Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars, and his ways, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.
- 2 Chronicles 28:26 וְ/יֶ֤תֶר conj + n c ms cs Now the rest of his acts, and all his ways, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 32:32 וְ/יֶ֛תֶר conj + n c ms cs Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and his good deeds, behold, they are written in the vision of Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz, in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 33:18 וְ/יֶ֨תֶר conj + n c ms cs Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer to his God, and the words of the seers who spoke to him in the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel, behold, they are written among the acts of the kings of Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 35:26 וְ/יֶ֛תֶר conj + n c ms cs Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his good deeds, according to that which is written in the law of Yahweh,
- 2 Chronicles 36:8 וְ/יֶתֶר֩ conj + n c ms cs Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his abominations which he did, and that which was found in him, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place.
Nehemiah 5 verses
- Nehemiah 2:16 וּ/לְ/יֶ֨תֶר֙ conj + prep + n c ms cs The rulers didn't know where I went, or what I did; neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest who did the work.
- Nehemiah 4:14 יֶ֣תֶר n c ms cs I looked, and rose up, and said to the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Don't be you afraid of them: remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.
- Nehemiah 4:19 יֶ֣תֶר n c ms cs I said to the nobles, and to the rulers and to the rest of the people, The work is great and large, and we are separated on the wall, one far from another:
- Nehemiah 6:1 וּ/לְ/יֶ֣תֶר conj + prep + n c ms cs Now it happened, when it was reported to Sanballat and Tobiah, and to Geshem the Arabian, and to the rest of our enemies, that I had built the wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though even to that time I had not set up the doors in the gates;)
- Nehemiah 6:14 וּ/לְ/יֶ֣תֶר conj + prep + n c ms cs Remember, my God, Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and also the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in fear.
Job 3 verses
- Job 4:21 יִתְרָ֣/ם n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp Isn't their tent-cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.'
- Job 22:20 וְ֝/יִתְרָ֗/ם conj + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp Saying, 'Surely those who rose up against us are cut off, The fire has consumed the remnant of them.'
- Job 30:11 יתר/ו יִתְרִ֣/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs For he has untied his cord, and afflicted me; And they have thrown off restraint before me.
Psalms 3 verses
- Psalms 11:2 יֶ֑תֶר n c ms For, behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrows on the strings, That they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.
- Psalms 17:14 יִ֝תְרָ֗/ם n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp From men by your hand, Yahweh, From men of the world, whose portion is in this life. You fill the belly of your cherished ones. Your sons have plenty, And they store up wealth for their children.
- Psalms 31:23 יֶ֝֗תֶר n c ms Oh love Yahweh, all you his saints! Yahweh preserves the faithful, And pays back him who deals proudly in full.
Proverbs 1 verse
Isaiah 3 verses
- Isaiah 38:10 יֶ֥תֶר n c ms cs I said, In the noontide of my days I shall go into the gates of Sheol: I am deprived of the residue of my years.
- Isaiah 44:19 וְ/יִתְר/וֹ֙ conj + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms None calls to mind, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yes, also I have baked bread on the coals of it; I have roasted flesh and eaten it: and shall I make the residue of it an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree?
- Isaiah 56:12 יֶ֥תֶר n c ms Come you, [say they], I will get wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow shall be as this day, [a day] great beyond measure.
Jeremiah 4 verses
- Jeremiah 27:19 יֶ֣תֶר n c ms cs For thus says Yahweh of Hosts concerning the pillars, and concerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning the residue of the vessels that are left in this city,
- Jeremiah 29:1 יֶ֜תֶר n c ms cs Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the residue of the elders of the captivity, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people, whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon,
- Jeremiah 39:9 יֶ֨תֶר יֶ֥תֶר n c ms cs n c ms cs Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive into Babylon the residue of the people who remained in the city, the deserters also who fell away to him, and the residue of the people who remained.
- Jeremiah 52:15 יֶ֥תֶר יֶ֣תֶר n c ms cs n c ms cs Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the poorest of the people, and the residue of the people who were left in the city, and those who fell away, who fell to the king of Babylon, and the residue of the multitude.
Ezekiel 2 verses
- Ezekiel 34:18 וְ/יֶ֨תֶר֙ conj + n c ms cs Seems it a small thing to you to have fed on the good pasture, but you must tread down with your feet the residue of your pasture? and to have drunk of the clear waters, but you must foul the residue with your feet?
- Ezekiel 48:23 וְ/יֶ֖תֶר conj + n c ms cs As for the rest of the tribes: from the east side to the west side, Benjamin, one [portion].
Daniel 1 verse
Joel 1 verse
Micah 1 verse
Habakkuk 1 verse
Zephaniah 1 verse
Zechariah 1 verse
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
“remainder” is the headline sense of the Hebrew noun יתר (yether). Translators differ — “rest” in the King James Version, then “now the rest of” (unfoldingWord Literal Text), as the renderings breakdown shows. It turns up in 95 verses across 26 books, a moderately common footprint. First canonically at Genesis 49:3, it enters the text early. Not a single-sense word: its full sense range also takes in “excess”, “rest”, and “remnant”. The sections below give every sense, occurrence, and version rendering.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H3499 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 95
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 95 distinct verses.
- 26 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 26 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #418
- by frequency
- Top 500 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 418 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 95 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- 2 Kings 23 verses 24%
- 1 Kings 14 verses 15%
- 2 Chronicles 10 verses 11%
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 95 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 63 verses · 66%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 24 verses · 25%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 8 verses · 8%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
BDB lists this Strong’s number as 3 distinct words (homographs). Each count above pools all of them and is not split by sense — see the Senses section below. A low-frequency rendering may belong to a different one of those words, not the primary meaning.
- King James Version†: Rest 31×, Now the rest 30×, Remnant 11×
- American Standard Version†: Now the rest 40×, Rest 19×, Residue 11×
- Berean Standard Bible†: Rest 61×, Remnant 5×, Bowstrings 3×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: Now the rest of 34×, Rest of 16×, Remainder of 15×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H3499 across 101† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 14 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H3499 across 101† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 16 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H3499 across 97† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 17 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 3 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H3499 across 102† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 18 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
13 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 13 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
יתר I
- 1.
- a. remainder, remnant (with implied inferiority in number or quality), of crops, etc. יִתְרָם Ex 23:11 (JE), their remnant, i.e. what they (the enemy) leave, so יֶתֶר הַגָּזָם Jo 1:4; יֶתֶר הָאַרְבֶּה v 4; יֶתֶר הַיֶּלֶק v 4; יֶתֶר הַפְּלֵטָה הַנִּשְׁאֶרֶת EX 10:5 (J); of vessels, יֶתֶר הַכֵּלִים הַנּוֹתָרִים Je 27:19; of a tree Is 44:19 (= שְׁאֵרִית v 17); elsewhere of pers. Dt 3:11 = Jos 12:4; 13:12 (both D), Dt 28:54 Jos 23:12 (D), 2 S 21:2 2 K 25:11 = Je 52:15, Ez 34:18; of a rescued remnant of Israel (Judah) Mi 5:2 Zp 2:9 (‖ שְׁאֵרִית), Zc 14:2; יֶתֶר הַקָּדֵשׁ אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁאַר 1 K 22:47; יֶתֶר הָעָם הַנִּשְׁאָרִים Je 36:9(×2) 2 K 25:11 = Je 52:15†. e.g. Exodus 23:11
- b. remainder, rest, other part of people, elders, etc., 2 S 10:10 = 1 Ch 19:11, 2 S 12:28 1 K 12:23 Je 29:1 Hb 2:8 Ez 48:23; sometimes incl. a majority Ju 7:6 1 S 13:2; of common people (opp. rulers) Ne 2:16; 4:8, 13, cf. 6:1; of land Dt 3:13 Jos 13:27 (P); of other inanimate things Lv 14:17 (P), Nu 31:32 (id.), of years Is 38:10; elsewhere in phr. יֶתֶר דִּבְרֵי the rest of the affairs of, in summaries of reigns of kings of Israel and Judah 1 K 11:41 + 41 times K Ch; יֶתֶר כָּל־דִּבְרֵי 1 K 15:23; יֶתֶר דְּבָרָיו 2 Ch 28:26. e.g. 2 Samuel 10:10
- 2.
- a. excess, שְׂפַת יָ֑תֶר Pr 17:7 a lip of excess = arrogant speech (see VB). e.g. Proverbs 17:7
- b. in adv. phrases, עַל יֶתֶר ψ 31:24 on the basis of abundance = abundantly, as adv. accus. גָּדוֹל יֶתֶר מְאֹד Is 56:12 great, in abundance, exceedingly, Dn 8:9 וַתִּגְדַּל־יֶתֶר and grew great in excess, exceedingly (cf. ܝܰܬܻܝܪ much, ܝܰܬܻܝܪ ܡܶܢ more than). e.g. Psalms 31:24
- c. specif. what is over and above immediate necessities, abundance, affluence Jb 22:20 ψ 17:14. e.g. Job 22:20
- 3. superiority, pre-eminence יֶתֶר שְׂאֵת וְיֶתֶר עָ֑ז Gn 49:3.—On Jb 4:21 v. ii. יֶתֶר. e.g. Genesis 49:3
יתר II m. (abundance
- 1. father of Moses’ wife Ex 4:18 a (E; prob. textual error, elsewhere יִתְרוֹ, q.v.) e.g. Exodus 4:18
- 2. eldest son of Gideon Ju 8:20, 𝔊 Ιεθερ. e.g. Judges 8:20
- 3. father of Amasa 1 K 2:5, 32 1 Ch 2:17, 𝔊 Ιεθερ; = יִתְרָא 2 S 17:25, 𝔊 Ιοθερ, Ιοθορ; 𝔊L Ιεθερ. e.g. 1 Kings 2:5
- 4. men of Judah, 𝔊 Ιεθερ:
- a. 1 Ch 2:32(×2). e.g. 1 Chronicles 2:32
- b. 1 Ch 4:17. e.g. 1 Chronicles 4:17
- 5. a man of Asher 1 Ch 7:38 (= יִתְרָן v 37), 𝔊 Ιεθερ, A Ιεθηρ, 𝔊L [v 39] Εθραν. e.g. 1 Chronicles 7:38
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
I. n.m. Ne 2:16 remainder, excess, pre-eminence;—abs. יֶ֫תָר Ne 2:16 + 2times; יָתֶ֑ר Pr 17:7; cstr. יֶתֶ֫ר Gn 49:3 + 84 times; יֶ֫תֶר Is 56:12 (vid. Baer’s note); sf. יִתְרוֹ Is 44:19; יִתְרָם Ex 23;11 + 2 times (not Jb 4:21, q.v. sub ii. יֶתֶר);—
II. n.m. Ju 16:7 cord (proposes as hanging over or down; Aramaic יַתְרָא part of the intestines, 𝔗 יְתָרַיָּא ropes, ܝܰܬܪܳܐ cord, rope, chord of arc; Arabic وَتَرٌ bow-string, lute-string; Ethiopic ወትር sinew, cord; ወተረ stretch bowstring, strain (eyes), be intent, eager, etc.)—יֶתֶ֑ר ψ 11:2 + 5times; sf. יִתְרוֹ Kt Jb 30:11 (יִתְרִי Qr); יִתְרָם Jb 4:21;—cord, for binding a man Ju 16:7, 8, 9; bowstring ψ 11:2 Jb 30:11 (according to Qr, opp. 29:20 b; Kt = his cord, with which he reins in my assailants; cf. Di Da). Jb 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).
III. n.pr.m. (abundance; on form and meaning of this and the foll. n.pr. v. LagBN52, 198)—
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from יתר (yâthar) (H3498) — to remain.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
יָתַר
- [to be strong; denom. יֶתֶר cord, v. יִתְרָא I,] to be rich, plentiful.
- to be left over.—Part. נוֹתָר m. portions of sacrifices left over beyond the legal time and bound to be burnt. Kerith. III, 4 והיה נ׳ מן וכ׳ and it was an overdue remnant of sacrifices. Ib. I, 1 דם נ׳ blood of overdue sacrifices. Meïl. I, 3, a. fr. משום נ׳ as coming under the law of nothar; a. v. fr.—Pl. נוֹתָרִים, נוֹתָרוֹת. Sifré Aḥăré Par. 5, ch. VII.—Cant. R. to V, 14 כמה נ׳ how many laws about nothar. Num. R. s. 11 שלא לפסול … בנ׳ not to unfit any of the sacrifices by allowing them to become overdue.
- to leave over; to go beyond; to be more. Mekh. Bo s. 6 אם ה׳ if he left a part of the Passover lamb over until morning. Sifra Tsav, Par. 7, ch. XII אם ה׳ ה׳ if he has left over, he has left over (and it may be eaten). Ib. אם הוֹתִירוּ כולו if they left the whole of it over (for the second day); a. fr.—Ber. 34ᵇ לא חסרתם ולא הוֹתַרְתֶּם you stated the time neither too early nor too late. B. Bath. VII, 2 ה׳ כל שהוא if it was somewhat more (than the stated measure).—b) הִתִּיר (cmp. הִצִּיק fr. יָצַק), v. infra.
- (denom. of יָתֵר) to add; to do too much. Erub. 13ᵃ שמא אתה … מְיַיתֵּר for if thou omit one letter or write one too many; Sot. 20ᵃ תַּתִּיר Hif. (v. supra). Ex. R. s. 27; Tanḥ. Yithro 4 his name was Jether (Jethro) שֶׁיִּ׳ פרשה וכ׳ because he gave rise to an additional chapter (about judges) in the Law; Mekh. ib., Amalek, s. 1 שהוֹתִיר.—Ib. שיי׳ במעשים טובים because he did more (than ordinary men, was liberal in) good deeds. [Y. Keth. IV, end, 29ᵇ וייתר, v. יָתַר.]—Part. pass. מְיוּתָּר, pl. מְיוּתָּרִין added, superfluous. Koh. R. to V, 8 (ref. to ויתרון, ib.) דברים שתראה (ש)הן מי׳ לתורה (not בתורה) things which thou wouldst regard as additions to the Law. Ib. אפי׳ דברים … מי׳ בעולם even things in nature which thou wouldst believe to be superfluous (useless); Ex. R. s. 10; (Gen. R. s. 10 יְתֵירָה); a. e.
- to be left over. Yoma 46ᵃ איברי עולה שנִתּוֹתְרוּ parts of a burnt-offering which remained over (failed to be entirely burnt). Pes. 59ᵇ כשנִיתּוֹתְרוּ when they were left over (unoffered).
יְתַר
- [Targ. Ruth II, 16, a. e. מיתר, v. נְתַר.]
- 1. to leave over. Targ. II Kings IV, 43; a. e.—Y. Peah VII, 20ᵃ bot. ואַיְיתְרוּן.
- 2. to bless with plenty. Targ. O. Deut. XXVIII, 11; XXX, 9.
- , as preced. Pi.—Part. pass. מְיַיתַּר, f. מְיַיתְּרָא larger. Meg. 19ᵃ מחסרא או מיי׳ smaller in size or larger.
- 1. to be left over; (in legal interpret.) to be superfluous in the Bible text and therefore available for interpretation. Targ. O. Ex. XXXVI, 7 וִיתָּרַת (= ואִיתָּ׳, ed. Berl. וְיִתַּרַת, corr. acc.).—Ber. 35ᵃ, v. הִילּוּל. Men. 93ᵃ אִיַּיתְּרוּ ליה תרי קראי two verses remain for interpretation; Arakh. 2ᵇ אייתרי להו תרי (v. Rabb. D. S. to Men. l. c. note).—
- *2. to be added, included. Sabb. 64ᵃ אִיַּיתּוּר ליה (some ed. אייתר) they are now included (Ms. M. אייתי they include it, v. אֲתָא).
יָתֵר
- (preced. wds.)
- 1. additional, a person having an additional limb. Bekh. VII, 6 י׳ בידיו וכ׳ if one has an additional finger (or toe) on each of his hands and feet. Ib. 45ᵇ.—Ib. 40ᵃ חסר וי׳ ביד having one toe less or one too many on the forefoot. Ib. כל יתיר כנטול דמי every addition is considered equal to the entire absence of the respective limb; Ḥull. 58ᵇ כל יתר וכ׳. B. Bath. VII, 2, sq. הן י׳ (יתיר a. יתר interchanging), v. הֵן; a. fr.—Fem. יְתֵרָה, יְתֵירָה; (as noun also) יְתֶרֶת, יְתֶירֶת. Bekh. VII, 6 (45ᵃ) היתה (בה) בו יתרת וכ׳ (Rashi יתירה; Ib. יתירת) if there has been an additional limb and he had it cut off. Ib. 40ᵃ י׳ על של משה וכ׳ (a cubit measure) larger than the Mosaic by &c. Ḥull. III, 6 (as a sign of clean birds) כל שיש לו אצבע י׳ that which has an additional toe (on top of those in a line). Keth. 76ᵃ יתירת a woman having an additional limb. Erub. 83ᵃ י׳ על מדברית וכ׳ one sixth larger than &c.; a. fr. [V. יְתֵירָה.]—Pl. יְתֵרִים, יְתֵרִין, יְתֵי׳; f. יְתֵירוֹת. Macc. 23ᵃ יְתֵירֵי מדע men of more than ordinary knowledge; י׳ כח of more than common physical strength.—[Gen. R. s. 98 הניחו יתירות left remants of the conquered nations, prob. to be read: יְתֵידוֹת, v. יָתֵד.]—Esp. יְתֶרֶת an additional lobe of the lungs. Ḥull. 47ᵃ (not יות׳).
- 2. a word written plene, with vowel letters.—Pl. יְתֵירוֹת. Erub. 13ᵃ, a. e., v. חָסֵר II.
יֶתֶר I
- v. יָתַר)
- 1. cord, bow-string. Lev. R. s. 5 (ref. to Ps. XI, 2), v. מִתְחָא.—2) = יוֹתֵר addition, (adv.) more. Bekh. VII, 1 (43ᵃ) וי עליהן וכ׳ Bab. ed. (Mish. יותר עליהן באדם וכ׳) to these must be added, with reference to blemishes of human beings, the wedge-shaped head &c. Erub. 83ᵇ י׳על כן more than that. Gitt. III, 1 י׳מכן nay, even more; a. fr. e.g. Psalms 11:2
יֶתֶר II
- (b. h.) pr. n. m. Jether, v. יִתְרוֹ a. יִתְרָא II.
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Forms in the corpus
The 34 distinct written forms H3499 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H3499, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Shares the same root
- יותר yôwthêr H3148 advantage
- יתור yâthûwr H3491 to remain
- יתרון yithrôwn H3504 profit
- יתרת yôthereth H3508 appendage
- מותר môwthâr H4195 abundance
- מיתר mêythâr H4340 cord
Derived from this word
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
- הותיר Hôwthîyr H1956 Hothir
- יתיר Yattîyr H3492 Jattir
- יתרן Yithrân H3506 Ithran
- יתר Yether H3500 Jether
- יתרו Yithrôw H3503 Jethro
- יתרעם Yithrᵉʻâm H3507 Ithream
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 15 — not the complete family. 6 of the same-root words are proper names (people or places). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 85 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 95 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 49:3
- Exodus 10:5
- Leviticus 14:17
- Numbers 31:32
- Deuteronomy 3:11
- Joshua 12:4
- Judges 7:6
- 1 Samuel 13:2
- 2 Samuel 10:10
- 1 Kings 11:41
- 2 Kings 1:18
- 1 Chronicles 19:11
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
