King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H3309
Transliteration: Yaphia
Phonetic Spelling: (yaw-fee'-ah)
Part of Speech: proper name, person and location; proper name, of a location
Short Definition: a king of Lachish, also a son of David, also a place on the border of Zebulun
Meaning: Japhia -- a king of Lachish, also a son of David, also a place on the border of Zebulun
Word Summary
Yaphia: a king of Lachish, also a son of David, also a place on the border of Zebulun
Original Word: יָפִיעַTransliteration: Yaphia
Phonetic Spelling: (yaw-fee'-ah)
Part of Speech: proper name, person and location; proper name, of a location
Short Definition: a king of Lachish, also a son of David, also a place on the border of Zebulun
Meaning: Japhia -- a king of Lachish, also a son of David, also a place on the border of Zebulun
Strong's Concordance
Japhia From yapha'; bright; Japhia, the name of a Canaanite, an Israelite, and a place in Palestine -- Japhia.
see HEBREW yapha'
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H3309. Yaphia
יָפִיעַ proper name, person and location 1. masculine person (compare Sabean יפעאל Hal150) —
a. a king of Lachish Joshua 10:3, ᵐ5 Ιεφθα, A ᵐ5L Ιαφ(α)ιε.
b. a son of David 2 Samuel 5:15 (ᵐ5 Ιεφιες, ᵐ5L Ναφεθ) = 1 Chronicles 3:7 (ᵐ5 Ιανουε A Ιαφιε, ᵐ5L Αχικαμ) = 14:6 (ᵐ5 Ιανουου, A Ιαφιε, ᵐ5L Ιαβεγ).
2. proper name, of a location on border of Zebulun Joshua 19:12, perhaps = modern Yâfa, 1/2 hour from Nazareth, RobBR ii. 343 f, but ᵐ5 Φαγγαι, Ιαφαψαὶ ᵐ5L Ιαφφιε.