Strong's H3309 (Hebrew)[edit | edit source]

Lemma: יָפִיעַ (Yâphîyaʻ)

Pronunciation: yaw-fee'-ah

POS: yaw-fee'-ah Morph: n-pr-loc n-pr-m

Exegesis: from ; bright;

Definition: from יָפַע; bright; Japhia, the name of a Canaanite, an Israelite, and a place in Palestine; Japhia.

KJV Usage: Japhia.

Senses[edit | edit source]

• 1. Japhia = "shining"
• 2. n pr loc
• 3. 1) a town on the border of Zebulun and Issachar
• 4. 1a) perhaps modern 'Yafa'
• 5. n pr m
• 6. 2) the king of Lachish at the time of the conquest of Canaan by Joshua
• 7. 3) a son of David by a concubine

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