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Strong's #3309 - יָפִיעַ

Transliteration

Yâphîyaʻ

Phonetics

yaw-fee'-ah

Origin

from (H3313)

Parts of Speech

proper locative noun, proper masculine noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Japhia = "shining"
n pr loc
1. a town on the border of Zebulun and Issachar
  1. perhaps modern ´Yafa´
n pr m
1. the king of Lachish at the time of the conquest of Canaan by Joshua
2. a son of David by a concubine

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (5)

Joshua 2

2 Samuel 1

1 Chronicles 2

BSB (5)

Joshua 2

2 Samuel 1

1 Chronicles 2

CSB (5)

Joshua 2

2 Samuel 1

1 Chronicles 2

ESV (5)

Joshua 2

2 Samuel 1

1 Chronicles 2

KJV (5)

Joshua 2

2 Samuel 1

1 Chronicles 2

LEB (5)

Joshua 2

2 Samuel 1

1 Chronicles 2

LSB (5)

Joshua 2

2 Samuel 1

1 Chronicles 2

N95 (5)

Joshua 2

2 Samuel 1

1 Chronicles 2

NAS (5)

Joshua 2

2 Samuel 1

1 Chronicles 2

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (5)

Joshua 2

2 Samuel 1

1 Chronicles 2

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

יָפִיעַ proper name, person and location 1. masculine person (compare Sabean יפעאל Hal¹⁵⁰) —

a. a king of Lachish Joshua 10:3, ᵐ5 Ιεφθα, A ᵐ5^L Ιαφ(α)ιε.

b. a son of David 2 Samuel 5:15 (ᵐ5 Ιεφιες, ᵐ5^L Ναφεθ) = 1 Chronicles 3:7 (ᵐ5 Ιανουε A Ιαφιε, ᵐ5^L Αχικαμ) = 1 Chronicles 14:6 (ᵐ5 Ιανουου, A Ιαφιε, ᵐ5^L Ιαβεγ).

2. proper name, of a location on border of Zebulun Joshua 19:12, perhaps = modern Yâfa, 1/2hour from Nazareth, Rob^{BR ii. 343 f}, but ᵐ5 Φαγγαι, Ιαφαψαὶᵐ5^L Ιαφφιε.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

יָפִיעַ (“splendid”), [Japhia], pr.n.

(1) of a town in the tribe of Zebulon, Joshua 19:12.

(2) Of several men.

(a) of a king of the city of Lachish, Joshua 10:3.

(b) of a son of David, 2 Samuel 5:15.

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List of Word Forms

וְיָפִֽיעַ׃ ויפיע׃ יָפִ֧יעַ יָפִֽיעַ׃ יפיע יפיע׃ veyaFia wə·yā·p̄î·a‘ wəyāp̄îa‘ yā·p̄î·a‘ yaFia yāp̄îa‘