Jethro

Etymology

From Hebrew יִתְרוֹ‎ (yitró, “Jethro”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɛθɹoʊ/

Proper noun

Jethro

1. (biblical) The father-in-law of Moses.
   • 1611, Bible (King James Version), 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.

2. A male given name of biblical origin.

Proper noun

Jethro m

1. Obsolete spelling of Jetro (used in Portugal until September 1911 and died out in Brazil during the 1920s).