Jether Surplus; excellence. (1.) Father-in-law of Moses (Exodus 4:18 marg.), called elsewhere Jethro (q.v.). (2.) The oldest of Gideon's seventy sons (Judges 8:20). (3.) The father of Amasa, David's general (1 Kings 2:5, 32); called Ithra (2 Samuel 17:25). (4.) 1 Chronicles 7:38. (5.) 1 Chronicles 2:32; one of Judah's posterity. (6.) 1 Chronicles 4:17. Easton's Bible Dictionary