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Lexicon :: Strong's H3316 - yip̄tāḥ

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יִפְתָּח
Transliteration
yip̄tāḥ
Pronunciation
yif-tawkh'
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun, proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

יִפְתָּח Yiphtâch, yif-tawkh'; from H6605; he will open; Jiphtach, an Israelite; also a place in Palestine:—Jephthah, Jiphtah.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 30x

The KJV translates Strong's H3316 in the following manner: Jephthah (29x), Jiphtah (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 30x
The KJV translates Strong's H3316 in the following manner: Jephthah (29x), Jiphtah (1x).

  1. Jephthah or Jiphtah = "he opens"

    proper masculine noun

    1. a son of Gilead and a concubine and the judge who defeated the Ammonites; after the victory because of a vow taken before the battle he sacrificed his daughter as a burnt offering

      proper locative noun

    2. a city in Judah

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יִפְתָּח Yiphtâch, yif-tawkh'; from H6605; he will open; Jiphtach, an Israelite; also a place in Palestine:—Jephthah, Jiphtah.
STRONGS H3316: Abbreviations
† יִפְתָּח proper name
1. masculine Jephthah, Ιεφθαε (he [God] openeth); — Judges 11:1 (twice in verse) + 26 times 11, 12, 1 Samuel 12:11.
2. location in the שְׁפֵלָה Joshua 15:43 (P), A LXX of Lucian (Lag.) ιεφθα.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Joshua

15:43

Judges

11:1

1 Samuel

12:11

H3316

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3316 matches the Hebrew יִפְתָּח (yip̄tāḥ),
which occurs 30 times in 26 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:43 - Iphtah, Ashnah, Nezib,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:1 - Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a brave warrior. His mother was a prostitute, but Gilead was his father.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:2 - Gilead's wife also gave him sons. When his wife's sons grew up, they made Jephthah leave and said to him, "You are not going to inherit any of our father's wealth, because you are another woman's son."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:3 - So Jephthah left his half-brothers and lived in the land of Tob. Lawless men joined Jephthah's gang and traveled with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:5 - When the Ammonites attacked, the leaders of Gilead asked Jephthah to come back from the land of Tob.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:6 - They said, "Come, be our commander, so we can fight with the Ammonites."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:7 - Jephthah said to the leaders of Gilead, "But you hated me and made me leave my father's house. Why do you come to me now, when you are in trouble?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:8 - The leaders of Gilead said to Jephthah, "That may be true, but now we pledge to you our loyalty. Come with us and fight with the Ammonites. Then you will become the leader of all who live in Gilead."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:9 - Jephthah said to the leaders of Gilead, "All right! If you take me back to fight with the Ammonites and the LORD gives them to me, I will be your leader."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:10 - The leaders of Gilead said to Jephthah, "The LORD will judge any grievance you have against us, if we do not do as you say."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:11 - So Jephthah went with the leaders of Gilead. The people made him their leader and commander. Jephthah repeated the terms of the agreement before the LORD in Mizpah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:12 - Jephthah sent messengers to the Ammonite king, saying, "Why have you come against me to attack my land?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:13 - The Ammonite king said to Jephthah's messengers, "Because Israel stole my land when they came up from Egypt - from the Arnon River in the south to the Jabbok River in the north, and as far west as the Jordan. Now return it peaceably!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:14 - Jephthah sent messengers back to the Ammonite king

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:15 - and said to him, "This is what Jephthah says, 'Israel did not steal the land of Moab and the land of the Ammonites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:28 - But the Ammonite king disregarded the message sent by Jephthah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:29 - The LORD's spirit empowered Jephthah. He passed through Gilead and Manasseh and went to Mizpah in Gilead. From there he approached the Ammonites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:30 - Jephthah made a vow to the LORD, saying, "If you really do hand the Ammonites over to me,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:32 - Jephthah approached the Ammonites to fight with them, and the LORD handed them over to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:34 - When Jephthah came home to Mizpah, there was his daughter hurrying out to meet him, dancing to the rhythm of tambourines. She was his only child; except for her he had no son or daughter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:40

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:40 - Every year Israelite women commemorate the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite for four days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 12:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:1 - The Ephraimites assembled and crossed over to Zaphon. They said to Jephthah, "Why did you go and fight with the Ammonites without asking us to go with you? We will burn your house down right over you!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:2 - Jephthah said to them, "My people and I were entangled in controversy with the Ammonites. I asked for your help, but you did not deliver me from their power.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:4 - Jephthah assembled all the men of Gilead and they fought with Ephraim. The men of Gilead defeated Ephraim, because the Ephraimites insulted them, saying, "You Gileadites are refugees in Ephraim, living within Ephraim's and Manasseh's territory."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 12:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:7 - Jephthah led Israel for six years; then he died and was buried in his city in Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 12:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:11 - So the LORD sent Jerub-Baal, Barak, Jephthah, and Samuel, and he delivered you from the hand of the enemies all around you, and you were able to live securely.
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