HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3505
יִתְרִי
yit.ri — Ithrite
Someone descended from Ithar(?), first mentioned at 2Sa.23.38 § Ithrite = "a remnant: excellence" a descendant of Jether
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Ithrite
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
Two of David’s warriors so designated (2 Sam. 23:38; 1 Chr. 11:40).
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.