(Heb. Yephunneh', יְפֻבֶּה, nimble), the name of two men.
1. (Sept. Ι᾿εφοννή, also Ι᾿εφονῆ and Ι᾿εφοννῆ .) The father of Caleb (q.v.), the faithful fellow explorer of Canaan with Joshua, in which paternal connection alone his name occurs (Numbers 13:6; Numbers 14:6; Numbers 14:30; Numbers 14:38; Numbers 26:65; Numbers 32:12; Numbers 34:19; Deuteronomy 1:36; Joshua 14:6; Joshua 14:13-14; Joshua 15:13; Joshua 21:12; 1 Chronicles 4:15; 1 Chronicles 6:56). B.C. 1698.
2. (Sept. Ι᾿εφινά .) One of the sons of Jether or Ithran, of the descendants of Asher (1 Chronicles 7:38). B.C. prob. ante 1017.