Jephunneh:
he that beholds
Jephunneh:
je-fun'-e (yephunneh, meaning uncertain):
(1) Father of Caleb (Nu 13:6; 14:6,30, etc.).
According to Nu 13:6, he was of the tribe of Judah; according to 32:12; Jos 14:6, a Kenizzite; the Kenizzites were incorporated in Judah (compare 1Ch 4:13-15).
(2) A son of Jether, an Asherite (1Ch 7:38).
Jephunneh:
(for whom a way is prepared).
(1.) Father of Caleb the spy, appears to have belonged to an Edomitish tribe called Kenezites, from Kenaz their founder. See Numbers 13:6 etc.; Numbers 32:12 etc.; Joshua 14:14 etc.; 1 Chronicles 4:15. (B.C. 1530)
(2.) A descendant of Asher, eldest of the three sons of Jether (1 Chronicles 7:38). (B.C. 1017)
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