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Jethro

UK/ˈd͡ʒɛθɹəʊ/US/ˈd͡ʒɛθɹoʊ/

Jethro proper noun: the father-in-law of Moses.

Proper noun

Jethro (countable and uncountable, plural Jethros)

  1. The father-in-law of Moses.
  2. A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.

Jethro meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Arabic

Jethro in Hindi

the father-in-law of Moses
यित्रो yitro
male given name
जेथरो jethro

Jethro in Tamil

நீளமான பருத்தி நாரிழை

Jethro in Bengali

the father-in-law of Moses
শোয়েব śōẇeb
male given name
শোয়েব śōẇeb

Jethro in Arabic

the father-in-law of Moses
يَثْرُون yaṯrūn

Forms of Jethro

pluralJethros

Origin of Jethro

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew יִתְרוֹ (yitró).

Words formed from Jethro

Questions about Jethro

What does Jethro mean?
Jethro means the father-in-law of Moses.
What is Jethro in Hindi?
Jethro in Hindi is यित्रो (yitro), जेथरो (jethro). See Jethro meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Jethro?
Jethro is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Jethro?
Jethro is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒɛθɹəʊ/ (UK).

Words near Jethro in the dictionary

  1. jetful
  2. jetfuls
  3. Jeth
  4. Jethart
  5. Jethou
  6. Jethro
  7. Jethronian
  8. jetiquette
  9. jetlag
  10. jetlagged
  11. jetlaggy

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Jethro (page history and authors); jethro (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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