יֶתֶר yeter

Hebrew word for “remainder” · Strong’s H3499 · used 101 times in 95 verses

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Meaning

1) remainder, excess, rest, remnant, excellence;

Senses in the lexicon

• remainder (95)
• cord (6)

How it is translated

Glosses given for yeter in context, with how often each is used:

• rest 65
• remainder 15
• excellence 3
• excess 3
• abundance 3
• cords 3
• remnant 2
• one of the remnant 2
• string 2
• some of the remainder 1
• rest ofk 1
• tent cord 1

Where it is used

Also in 14 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

2 Kings 15 (7), 1 Kings 16 (4), Judges 16 (3), 1 Kings 15 (3), 1 Kings 22 (3), 2 Kings 14 (3), Deuteronomy 3 (2), Joshua 13 (2), 1 Kings 14 (2), 2 Kings 13 (2)

Forms

• ויתר 56
• יתר 26
• מיתר 4
• וליתר 3
• ויתרם 2
• יתרם 2
• יתרים 2
• ומיתר 1
• וביתר 1
• ביתר 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with yeter more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• כָּתַב katav “to write” 43
• סֵפֶר sepher “scroll” 41
• דָּבָר davar “word” 45
• הֵמָּה hemmah “they(masc.)” 31
• יְהוּדָה yehudah “Judah” 25
• גְּבוּרָה gevurah “might” 10
• שָׁאַר shaar “to remain” 8
• הֵן hen “look!” 7
• לָחַם lacham “to fight” 6
• עִיר ir “city” 9
• עוֹג og “Og” 4
• רְפָאִים rephaim “Rephaim” 4

Key verses

The verses using yeter that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 49:3 — Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:
• Deuteronomy 3:11 — For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine…
• Joshua 23:12 — Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and shall make marriages with them, and go…
• Nehemiah 4:14 — And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them: remember the Lord, which is…
• Nehemiah 6:14 — My God, think thou upon Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and on the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put…
• Psalms 17:14 — From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid they are full of…
• Isaiah 56:12 — Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant.
• Joel 1:4 — That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath…
• Micah 5:3 — Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she which travaileth hath brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto the children of…
• Habakkuk 2:8 — Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because of men’s blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city,…
• Zephaniah 2:9 — Therefore as I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of…
• Zechariah 14:2 — For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.