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יָפִיעַ

Yâphîyaʻ · H3309 · Hebrew · proper noun · 5 occurrences

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Meanings

  1. Japhia

    Man; Canaanite king of Lachish; time of Joshua

    Examples

    Joshua 10:3 Therefore Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent word to Hoham king of Hebron, to Piram king of Jarmuth, to Japhia king of Lachish, and to Debir king of Eglon, saying,

  2. Japhia

    Town; territory of Zebulun

    Examples

    Joshua 19:12 Then it turned from Sarid to the east toward the sunrise as far as the border of Chisloth-tabor, and it proceeded to Daberath and up to Japhia.

  3. Japhia

    Man; son of David; tribe of Judah

    Examples

    2 Samuel 5:15 Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia,

    1 Chronicles 3:7 Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia,

    1 Chronicles 14:6 Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia,

How it’s used In 2 roles

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1 occurrences in 1 groups

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 2 entries
Names of People003001007
יָפִיעַ (Japhia) names a son of David born in Jerusalem (2 Samuel 5:15) and a Canaanite king who allied against Joshua (Joshua 10:3).
Names of Locations003001010
יָפִיעַ also names a border town of Zebulun's tribal territory (Joshua 19:12).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H3309. Yaphia יָפִיעַ proper name, person and location 1. masculine person (compare…
H3309. Yaphia
יָפִיעַ proper name, person and location 1. masculine person (compare Sabean יפעאל Hal150) —
a. a king of Lachish Jos 10:3, ᵐ5 Ιεφθα, A ᵐ5L Ιαφ(α)ιε.
b. a son of David 2Sa 5:15 (ᵐ5 Ιεφιες, ᵐ5L Ναφεθ) = 1Ch 3:7 (ᵐ5 Ιανουε A Ιαφιε, ᵐ5L Αχικαμ) = 1Ch 14:6 (ᵐ5 Ιανουου, A Ιαφιε, ᵐ5L Ιαβεγ).
2. proper name, of a location on border of Zebulun Jos 19:12, perhaps = modern Yâfa, 1/2 hour from Nazareth, RobBR ii. 343 f, but ᵐ5 Φαγγαι, Ιαφαψαὶ ᵐ5L Ιαφφιε.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Names of People4 occurrencesNames of Locations1 occurrence

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

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