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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
(splendor). (1) A border of
Zebulun
(
Josh. 19:12
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, (Joshua 19:12)
). (2) King of
Lachish
(
Josh. 10:3
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 10:3)
). (3) A
son
of
David
(
2 Sam. 5:15
15
Ibhar also, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia, (2 Samuel 5:15)
;
1 Chron. 3:7
7
And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia, (1 Chronicles 3:7)
).
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
1.
King of
Lachish
, one of the five kings of the Amorites, defeated by
Joshua
(
Josh. 10:3
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 10:3)
).
2.
Son
of
David
, born at
Jerusalem
(
2 Sam. 5:15
15
Ibhar also, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia, (2 Samuel 5:15)
;
1 Chron. 3:7
7
And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia, (1 Chronicles 3:7)
;
1 Chron. 14:6
6
And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia, (1 Chronicles 14:6)
).
3.
Town on the boundary of
Zebulun
(
Josh. 19:12
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, (Joshua 19:12)
). Identified with
Yafa
, 32° 41' N, 35° 16' E.
Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Number:
3309
(
find all occurrences in KJV Bible
)
Transliteration:
Yaphiya`
Phonic:
yaw-fee’-ah
Meaning:
from
3313
; bright; Japhia, the name of a Canaanite, an Israelite, and a place in Palestine
KJV Usage:
Japhia
Jackson’s
Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names
:
causing brightness
Potts’
Bible Proper Names
:
Illustrious; which lightens:―name of two persons and of a place in Palestine, Josh. 10:3. {Splendidus}
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