masculine Jéthro

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Origin:
hebrew
Name Root:
YIṯRô > YITHRÔ
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This name derives from the Hebrew “Yiṯrô > yithrô,” meaning “his excellence, posterity.” In the Old Testament or the Hebrew Bible, Jethro is Moses’ father-in-law, a Kenite shepherd, and priest of Midian. He is also revered as a prophet in his own right in the Druze religion and considered an ancestor of the Druze. Jethro is recorded as living in Midian, a territory stretching along the Gulf of Aqaba’s eastern edge today northwestern Saudi Arabia. Some believe Midian is within the Sinai Peninsula. Biblical maps from antiquity show Midian on both locations.

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