Itter אִטֵּר
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| אִטֵּר | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | itter |
| Strong's number | H334 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | adjective |
| Gloss | lefthanded |
| Occurrences | 2 in 2 verses |
Itter (Hebrew אִטֵּר, Strong's H334) is a Hebrew adjective meaning “lefthanded”. It occurs 2 times in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
bound, impeded (on the right, ie, left-handed), shut, shut up
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | lefthanded (2) |
|---|---|
| BSB | left handed (1), left handers (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Itter, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Judges
- Judges 3:15But when the children of Israel cried unto the Lord, the Lord raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man lefthanded: and by him the children of Israel sent a present unto Eglon the king of Moab.And again they cried out to the LORD, and He raised up Ehud son of Gera, a left-handed Benjamite, as their deliverer. So they sent him with tribute to Eglon king of Moab.
- Judges 20:16Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men lefthanded; every one could sling stones at an hair breadth, and not miss.Among all these soldiers there were 700 select left-handers, each of whom could sling a stone at a hair without missing.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).