H3195 H3195
Yetur/Jetur, Ishmaelite son and tribal name, ancestors of Ituraeans in Anti-Lebanon region
A personal and tribal name for one of the 'sons' of Ishmael listed in Genesis 25:15 and 1 Chronicles 1:31, who later gave his name to a tribe. This tribe appears in 1 Chronicles 5:19 as among those with whom Reuben, Gad, and half-Manasseh made war. The classical sources identify them with the Ituraeans (Greek Ἰτουραῖοι), known to Strabo and Josephus, who inhabited the Anti-Lebanon region. Luke 3:1 mentions 'the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis' in the time of Jesus, showing this people group's enduring presence in the region. The name may connect etymologically with the word for 'encampment' (טִירָה).
Senses
1. sense 1 — An Ishmaelite clan name that evolved into an ethnic designation for a people inhabiting parts of Lebanon. The survival of the name into the New Testament era (as Ituraea) demonstrates the remarkable continuity of tribal identities in the ancient Near East. The tribe represents one stream of Abraham's descendants through Ishmael who maintained a distinct presence for over a millennium. 3×
AR["وَ-يَطور", "يَطور", "يَطُورُ"]·ben["ও-যিটূর", "যিটূর"]·DE["Jetur", "[ויטור]", "[יטור]"]·EN["Jetur", "Yetur", "and-Yetur"]·FR["Jetur", "[ויטור]", "[יטור]"]·heb["ו-יטור", "יטור"]·HI["और-यतूर", "यतूर"]·ID["Yetur", "dan-Yetur"]·IT["Jetur", "[ויטור]", "[יטור]"]·jav["Yetur", "Yétur", "lan-Yétur"]·KO["그-와-여둘", "여둘", "여투르와"]·PT["Yetur", "e-Yetur"]·RU["Йетур", "и-Иетуром"]·ES["Yetur", "y-Yetur"]·SW["Yeturi", "na-Yeturi"]·TR["Yetur", "ve-Yetur"]·urd["اور-یطور", "یطور"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† יְטוּר n.pr.m. and gent. (perh. connected etymolog. with טִירָה, v. Gn 25:16)—a ‘son’ of Ishmael Gn 25:15 = 1 Ch 1:31 = tribe with which Reuben, Gad, and half Manasseh made war 1 Ch 5:19; Ἰτουραῖοί τε καὶ Ἄραβες Strabo xvi. 2, 18, Ἰτουραίους JosephAntxiii, 11, 3 ed. Niese; they gave name to their region, which was, substantially, Anti-Lebanon, cf. τῆς Ἰτουραίας καὶ Τραχωνίτιδος χώρας Luke 3:1; on יְטוּר and (later) n.pr.terr. Ituraea, v. especially GASmGeogr.544 ff. and reff.