How to Pronounce Jethro
DZHEHTH-ro
Jethro is pronounced DZHEHTH-ro (ˈdʒɛθrəʊ): two syllables, stress on the first. Also heard: JETH-roh.
What does Jethro mean?
Jethro means “his excellence; his posterity”.
Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.
Who was Jethro?
His excellence, or gain, a prince or priest of Midian, who succeeded his father Reuel. Moses spent forty years after his exile from the Egyptian court as keeper of Jethro’s flocks. While the Israelites were encamped at Sinai, and soon after their victory over Amalek, Jethro came to meet Moses, bringing with him Zipporah and her two sons. They met at the “mount of God,” and “Moses told him all that the Lord had done unto Pharaoh” (Ex. 18:8).
Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.
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