Strongs Number: H3309
- Hebrew Word
- יָפִיעַ
- Transliteration
- Yâphîyaʻ
- Phonetic
- yaw-fee'-ah
- Part of Speech
- Strongs Definition
-
bright; {Japhia} the name of a {Canaanite} an {Israelite} and a place in Palestine
- BDB Definition
-
Japhia = "shining" n pr loc
1. a town on the border of Zebulun and Issachar
a. perhaps modern 'Yafa' n pr m
2. the king of Lachish at the time of the conquest of Canaan by Joshua
3. a son of David by a concubine
- Origin
- From H3313
- Bible Usage
- Japhia.