יָפוֹ
Yâphôw · yaw-fo'
Japho, a place in Palestine
Lexicon
Derivation: or יָפוֹא; (Ezra 3:7), from H3302 (יָפָה); beautiful;
Japho, a place in Palestine
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Japha, Joppa.
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › to speak, the word › to fasten and establish
The hand that works that works to speak, the word that works to fasten and establish.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יָפוֹ above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
4 occurrences · 4 OT · 0 NT · 4 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- to joppa2 · 50%
- japho1 · 25%
- of joppa1 · 25%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.