Jethro

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew יִתְרוֹ‎ (yitró).

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛθɹoʊ/

Proper noun

Jethro

(biblical) The father-in-law of Moses.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Exodus 3:1:
  :
  Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.
A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.

Translations

the father-in-law of Moses

Bengali: শোয়েব (śoyebô)
German: Jitro m
Hebrew: יתרו‎ m
Italian: Ietro m
Polish: Jetro m
Portuguese: Jetro m
Russian: Иофор (Iofor)

male given name

Bengali: শোয়েব (śoyebô)
Portuguese: Jetro m

Portuguese

Proper noun

Jethro m

Obsolete spelling of Jetro (used in Portugal until September 1911 and in Brazil until the 1940s).

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