Jether is a name mentioned several times in the Hebrew Bible. It means: surplus; excellence.

1. Father-in-law of Moses (Ex. 4:18 marg.), called elsewhere Jethro (q.v.).
2. The oldest of Gideon's seventy sons (Judg. 8:20).
3. The father of Amasa, David's general (1 Kings 2:5, 32); called Ithra (2 Sam. 17:25).
4. 1 Chr. 7:38.
5. 1 Chr. 2:32; one of Judah's posterity.
6. 1 Chr. 4:17.