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HebrewH3315Proper Noun (Masculine)

יֶ֫פֶת

ye.phet

11Occurrences
H3315Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Jepheth, a son of Noah; also his posterity

from H6601 (פָּתָה); expansion;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at ; son of: Noah (H5146); brother of: Shem (H8035) and Ham (H2526); father of: Gomer (H1586), Magog (H4031), Madai (H4074), Javan (H3120), Tubal (H8422), Meshech (H4902) and Tiras (H8494) § Japheth = "opened" the 3rd son of Noah whose descendants after the flood settled on the coastal lands of the Mediterranean spreading north into Europe and parts of Asia

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

יֶ֫פֶת appears 11 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Genesis
9
1 Chronicles
2

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 1:4BSB

The sons of Noah:Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Genesis 10:1BSB

This is the account of Noah’s sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, who also had sons after the flood.

Genesis 10:21BSB

And sons were also born to Shem, the older brother of Japheth; Shem was the forefather of all the sons of Eber.

Genesis 6:10BSB

And Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Genesis 9:18BSB

The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And Ham was the father of Canaan.

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