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HebrewH3312Proper Noun (Masculine)

יְפֻנֶּה

ye.phun.neh

15Occurrences
H3312Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Jephunneh, the name of two Israelites

from H6437 (פָּנָה); he will be prepared;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at ; father of: Caleb (H3612), Kenaz (H7073I) § Jephunneh = "He will be facing" 1) a Kenezite and father of Caleb the spy from the tribe of ) son of Jether and descendant of Asher

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

יְפֻנֶּה appears 15 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Numbers
7
Joshua
5
1 Chronicles
2
Deuteronomy
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 4:15BSB

The sons of Caleb son of Jephunneh:Iru, Elah, and Naam.The son of Elah:Kenaz.

Joshua 14:6BSB

Then the sons of Judah approached Joshua at Gilgal, and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, “You know what the LORD said to Moses the man of God at Kadesh-barnea about you and me.

Joshua 15:13BSB

According to the LORD’s command to him, Joshua gave Caleb son of Jephunneh a portion among the sons of Judah—Kiriath-arba, that is, Hebron. (Arba was the forefather of Anak.)

Numbers 14:6BSB

Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had spied out the land, tore their clothes

Numbers 26:65BSB

For the LORD had told them that they would surely die in the wilderness. Not one was left except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.

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