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HebrewH3309Proper Noun (Masculine)

יָפִיעַ

ya.phi.a

5Occurrences
H3309Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Japhia, the name of a Canaanite, an Israelite, and a place in Palestine

from H3313 (יָפַע); bright;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living before Israel's Monarchy, only mentioned at § Japhia = "shining" 1) a town on the border of Zebulun and Issachar 1a) perhaps modern 'Yafa' 2) the king of Lachish at the time of the conquest of Canaan by Joshua 3) a son of David by a concubine

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

יָפִיעַ appears 5 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Chronicles
2
Joshua
2
2 Samuel
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 14:6BSB

Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia,

1 Chronicles 3:7BSB

Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia,

2 Samuel 5:15BSB

Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia,

Joshua 10:3BSB

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

Joshua 19:12BSB

From Sarid it turned eastward along the border of Chisloth-tabor and went on to Daberath and up to Japhia.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.