Bible Person
Meaning: he that excels · Male · 1 cross reference
This Jether entry refers to Gideon's eldest son in Judges 8, not to the Judahite genealogical figures of the same name. He belongs to the house of Gideon in the turbulent period of the judges. First appears in Judg 8:20.1
AI summary: This Jether matters because his single cross reference captures a poignant moment in Gideon's final judgment on the Midianite kings, where youth, fear, and violence intersect. The entry gives human tension to the closing scenes of Gideon's story. Taken together, the material presents this Jether as a son in the troubled legacy of Gideon.1
Central Figure
Jether
Meaning: he that excels
The oldest of Gideon’s seventy sons (Judg.
The oldest of Gideon’s seventy sons (Judg. 8:20). 3
| Book | Cross-References |
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| Judg |
Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
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.