Bible Person
Meaning: order; succession; mountainous · Male · 2 cross references
Jetur is one of the sons of Ishmael and an ancestral head of a desert tribe. He belongs to the Ishmaelite branch of Abraham's wider family and to the Bible's remembered tribal world beyond Israel. First appears in Gen 25:15.1
Name meaning
order; succession; mountainous
Identity
male
First appears
Gen 25:15
AI summary: Jetur matters because the cross references place him among the sons of Ishmael whose names become markers of wider tribal identity. His inclusion broadens the story of Abraham's descendants beyond Israel while preserving their historical relationship. Taken together, the material presents Jetur as an Ishmaelite forefather whose line contributes to the wider Semitic landscape of Scripture.1
Central Figure
Jetur
Meaning: order; succession; mountainous
An enclosure, one of the twelve sons of Ishmael (Gen.
Siblings
Name meaning
order; succession; mountainous
Identity
male
An enclosure, one of the twelve sons of Ishmael (Gen. 25:15). 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, person metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.