Strongs Number: H3315
- Hebrew Word
- יֶפֶת
- Transliteration
- Yepheth
- Phonetic
- yeh'-feth
- Part of Speech
- Proper Name Masculine
- Strongs Definition
-
expansion; {Jepheth} a son of Noah; also his posterity
- BDB Definition
-
Japheth = "opened"
1. the 3rd son of Noah whose descendants after the flood settled on the coastal lands of the Mediterranean spreading north into Europe and parts of Asia
- Origin
- From H6601
- Bible Usage
- Japheth.