HebrewH3316Noun

יִפְתָּח

yiph.tach

26Occurrences
H3316Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Jiphtach, an Israelite; also a place in Palestine

from H6605 (פָּתַח); he will open;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
§ Jephthah or Jiphtah = "he opens" a city in Judah

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun

Morphology Code

N:N--L

Full Description

N:N--L

Occurrences

יִפְתָּח appears 26 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Judges
24
1 Samuel
1
Joshua
1

Key Passages

1 Samuel 12:11BSB

So the LORD sent Jerubbaal, Barak, Jephthah, and Samuel, and He delivered you from the hands of your enemies on every side, and you dwelt securely.

Judges 11:6BSB

“Come,” they said, “be our commander, so that we can fight against the Ammonites.”

Judges 11:11BSB

So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him their leader and commander. And Jephthah repeated all his terms in the presence of the LORD at Mizpah.

Judges 11:28BSB

But the king of the Ammonites paid no heed to the message Jephthah sent him.

Judges 11:40BSB

that each year the young women of Israel go out for four days to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite.

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