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Lexicon :: Strong's H3305 - yāp̄vô

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יָפוֹה
Transliteration
yāp̄vô
Pronunciation
yaw-fo'
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Variant Spellings

Variant spellings for this word: יפוה (Strongs and Gesenius) יפו (Strongs)

Strong’s Definitions

יָפוֹ Yâphôw, yaw-fo'; or יָפוֹא Yâphôwʼ; (Ezra 3:7), from H3302; beautiful; Japho, a place in Palestine:—Japha, Joppa.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's H3305 in the following manner: Joppa (3x), Japho (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's H3305 in the following manner: Joppa (3x), Japho (1x).
  1. Joppa or Japho = "beautiful"

    1. a town on the southwest coast of Palestine in the territory of Dan; became primary port of Jerusalem during reign of Solomon

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יָפוֹ Yâphôw, yaw-fo'; or יָפוֹא Yâphôwʼ; (Ezra 3:7), from H3302; beautiful; Japho, a place in Palestine:—Japha, Joppa.
STRONGS H3305: Abbreviations
יָפוֺ, יָפוֺא proper name, of a location Joppa (Phoenician יפי; Assyrian Ja(p)pu COTGloss BezTel-el-Amarna Tabl. ln Brit, Mus. 146; Egyptian Ye-pu WMM159) — seaport town of Palestine (Jerusalem), יָפוֺ Joshua 19:46; Jonah 1:3; 2 Chronicles 2:15 = יָפוֺא Ezra 3:7; Greek Version of the LXX Ιοππα, modern Jaffa.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Joshua

19:46

2 Chronicles

2:15

Ezra

3:7

Jonah

1:3

H3305

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3305 matches the Hebrew יָפוֹה (yāp̄vô),
which occurs 4 times in 4 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:46 - and Me-jarkon and Rakkon with the territory over against Joppa.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:16 - And we will cut whatever timber you need from Lebanon and bring it to you in rafts by sea to Joppa, so that you may take it up to Jerusalem.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:7 - So they gave money to the masons and the carpenters, and food, drink, and oil to the Sidonians and the Tyrians to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea, to Joppa, according to the grant that they had from Cyrus king of Persia.
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:3 - But Jonah rose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD. He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD.
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