H3309: יָפִיעַ
Yâphîyaʻ · pronounced yaw-fee'-ah · “Japhia”
Definition
Japhia, the name of a Canaanite, an Israelite, and a place in Palestine
KJV translates it as: Japhia.
Word origin: from H3313 (יָפַע); bright;
Extended definition
A man living before Israel's Monarchy, only mentioned at Jos.10.3
§ Japhia = "shining"
1) a town on the border of Zebulun and Issachar
1a) perhaps modern 'Yafa'
2) the king of Lachish at the time of the conquest of Canaan by Joshua
3) a son of David by a concubine
§ Japhia = "shining"
1) a town on the border of Zebulun and Issachar
1a) perhaps modern 'Yafa'
2) the king of Lachish at the time of the conquest of Canaan by Joshua
3) a son of David by a concubine
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H3309 is translated
- japhia ×5
Bible verses with H3309 (Yâphîyaʻ)
Yâphîyaʻ appears in 5 verses.
- Joshua 10:3
Wherefore Adoni–zedek king of Jerusalem sent unto Hoham king of Hebron, and unto Piram king of Jarmuth, and unto Japhia king of Lachish, and unto Debir king of Eglon, saying,
- Joshua 19:12
And turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrising unto the border of Chisloth–tabor, and then goeth out to Daberath, and goeth up to Japhia,
- 2 Samuel 5:15
Ibhar also, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
- 1 Chronicles 3:7
And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
- 1 Chronicles 14:6
And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia,