יָפוֹ

Strong’s Definition

Japho, a place in Palestine

Etymology & Derivation

or יָפוֹא; (Ezra 3:7), from H3302 (יָפָה); beautiful;

KJV Usage

Japha, Joppa.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.a town on the southwest coast of palestine in the territory of dan; became primary port of jerusalem during reign of solomon

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: Yâphôw; Pronunciation: yaw-fo'