יָפִיעַ

Strong’s Definition

Japhia, the name of a Canaanite, an Israelite, and a place in Palestine

Etymology & Derivation

from H3313 (יָפַע); bright;

KJV Usage

Japhia.

Detailed Definition

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

• 1.(n pr loc) a town on the border of zebulun and issachar
• 2.perhaps modern 'yafa'
• 3.(n pr m) the king of lachish at the time of the conquest of canaan by joshua
• 4.a son of david by a concubine

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: Yâphîyaʻ; Pronunciation: yaw-fee'-ah