יָפִיעַ
Yâphîyaʻ · yaw-fee'-ah
Japhia, the name of a Canaanite, an Israelite, and a place in Palestine
Lexicon
Derivation: from H3313 (יָפַע); bright;
Japhia, the name of a Canaanite, an Israelite, and 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: Japhia.
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
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › to speak, the word › the hand that works › to see and know
The hand that works that works to speak, the word of the hand that works that works to see and know.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יָפִיעַ 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
5 occurrences · 5 OT · 0 NT · 3 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and japhia3 · 60%
- and unto japhia1 · 20%
- to japhia1 · 20%
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.