Jetheth

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Genesis 36:40

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Genesis 36:40; 1 Chronicles 1:51. From an Arabic root "a nail" or "tent pin," symbolizing stability; "a prince" (Ezra 9:8; Isaiah 22:23).

Holman Bible Dictionary

Genesis 36:40

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

JETHETH . An Edomite clan ( Genesis 36:40 = 1 Chronicles 1:51 ).

Morrish Bible Dictionary

Duke of Edom, a descendant of Esau. Genesis 36:40; 1 Chronicles 1:51 .

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Je'theth. (a nail). One of the "dukes," who came of Esau. Genesis 36:40; 1 Chronicles 1:51.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

jḗ´theth ( יתת , yethēth , meaning unknown): a chief (or clan) of Edom ( Genesis 36:40 parallel 1 Chronicles 1:51 ), but probably a mistake for "Jether" = "Ithran" (Genesis 36:26 ).

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Yetheth', יְתֵת , prob. a peg, or fig. a prince; Sept. Ι᾿εθέθ and Ι᾿εθέρ, the last apparently from falsely reading יֶתֶר; Vulg. Jetheth), the third named of the petty Edomitish sheiks in Mount Seir (Genesis 36:40; 1 Chronicles 1:51). B.C. ante 1658. (See Esau). As to identification, El-Wetideh is a place in Nejd, said to be in the Dahna, (See Ishbak); there is also a place called El- Wetid, and El- Wetidat, which is the name of mountains belonging to Bene Abd-Allah Ibn-Ghatfin (Marasid. s.v.) (Smith). (See Arabia).