Lexicon / H3309
יָפִיעַ
ya.phi.a
  • Japhia

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Glosses: Japhia

A man living before Israel's Monarchy, only mentioned at Jos.10.3

§ Japhia = "shining"

1) a town on the border of Zebulun and Issachar

1a) perhaps modern 'Yafa'

2) the king of Lachish at the time of the conquest of Canaan by Joshua

3) a son of David by a concubine

§ Japhia = "shining"

a town on the border of Zebulun and Issachar

perhaps modern 'Yafa'

A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.5.15;

son of: David (H1732);

brother of: Amnon (H0550), Chileab (H3609), Absalom (H0053), Adonijah (H0138), Shephatiah (H8203), Ithream (H3507), Shammua (H8051H), Shobab (H7727), Nathan (H5416), Solomon (H8010), Ibhar (H2984), Elishua (H0474), Nepheg (H5298H), Elishama (H0476H), Eliada (H0450), Eliphelet (H0467), Tamar (H8559H), Elpelet (H0467I), Nogah (H5052) and Jerimoth (H3406N)

§ Japhia = "shining"

1) a town on the border of Zebulun and Issachar

1a) perhaps modern 'Yafa'

2) the king of Lachish at the time of the conquest of Canaan by Joshua

3) a son of David by a concubine

BDB (Brown-Driver-Briggs)

Glosses: Japhia

יָפִיעַ n.pr.pers loc n.pr.m a king of Lachish a son of David . n.pr.loc . on border of Zebulun . et.