Jethro

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biblical figure priest prophet religious leader

Jethro is a biblical Midianite priest and Moses’ father-in-law who is revered as a central religious figure and prophet in the Druze faith.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Jethro canonical	12
Jethro (according to some traditions)	1
prophet Jethro	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	biblical figure ⓘ priest ⓘ prophet ⓘ religious leader ⓘ
associatedPlace	Midian ⓘ Midian ⓘ surface form: land of Midian Northern Arabia ⓘ surface form: northwestern Arabia (traditional location of Midian)
biblicalBook	Book of Exodus ⓘ Judges ⓘ surface form: Book of Judges Book of Numbers ⓘ
child	Zipporah ⓘ
daughter	Zipporah ⓘ
ethnicity	Midian ⓘ surface form: Midianite
fatherInLawOf	Moses ⓘ
feastOrCommemoration	annual Druze pilgrimage to Nabi Shuʿayb shrine ⓘ
hasShrineAt	Nabi Shuayb shrine ⓘ surface form: Nabi Shuʿayb shrine near Tiberias, Israel
honorificTitleInDruzeTradition	Prophet Shu'ayb ⓘ surface form: Nabi Shuʿayb
identifiedWith	Prophet Shu'ayb ⓘ surface form: Shuʿayb in Islamic tradition (in many interpretations)
knownFor	advising Moses on judicial organization ⓘ being Moses’ father-in-law ⓘ central role in Druze religious tradition ⓘ hosting Moses in Midian ⓘ offering sacrifices to the God of Israel ⓘ recognizing the God of Israel as greater than other gods ⓘ
mentionedIn	Exodus 18 ⓘ Exodus 2 ⓘ Exodus 3 ⓘ Book of Exodus ⓘ surface form: Exodus 4 Tanakh ⓘ surface form: Hebrew Bible Bible ⓘ surface form: Old Testament
moralRole	example of a righteous gentile in Jewish tradition ⓘ model of wise counsel ⓘ
occupation	priest of Midian ⓘ
otherNames	Hobab (in some traditions or identifications) ⓘ Raguel ⓘ Reuel ⓘ
patronFigureOf	Druze ⓘ surface form: Druze community
position	priest of Midian ⓘ
relative	Moses ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ Druze faith ⓘ Islam ⓘ Judaism ⓘ
roleInReligion	central religious figure in the Druze faith ⓘ
scripturalEvent	advice to appoint judges over thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens ⓘ sacrifice and communal meal with Moses and elders of Israel ⓘ visit to Moses in the wilderness after the Exodus ⓘ
veneratedAs	prophet in the Druze faith ⓘ saintly figure in Druze tradition ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Druze → veneratesProphet → Jethro ⓘ

Moses → associatedWithPeople → Jethro ⓘ

Nabi Shuayb shrine → associatedWith → Jethro ⓘ

this entity surface form: prophet Jethro

Zipporah → father → Jethro ⓘ

Zipporah → associatedPeople → Jethro ⓘ

Jethro Tull → givenName → Jethro ⓘ

Jethro Pugh → givenName → Jethro ⓘ

Prophet Shu'ayb → oftenIdentifiedWith → Jethro ⓘ

subject surface form: Shu'ayb

Shuayb → oftenIdentifiedWith → Jethro ⓘ

Reuel → identifiedWith → Jethro ⓘ

Reuel → fatherOf → Jethro ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jethro (according to some traditions)

Hobab (in some traditions or identifications) → associatedWith → Jethro ⓘ

subject surface form: Hobab

Exodus 18 → mainCharacter → Jethro ⓘ

Gershom → associatedWithPerson → Jethro ⓘ