יֶפֶת
Yepheth · yeh'-feth
Jepheth, a son of Noah; also his posterity
Lexicon
Derivation: from H6601 (פָּתָה); expansion;
Jepheth, a son of Noah; also his posterity
- Jepheth, a son of Noah
- also, his posterity
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Japheth.
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
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › to speak, the word › the mark, the covenant sign
The hand that works that works to speak, the word of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יֶפֶת 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
11 occurrences · 11 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and japheth7 · 64%
- of japheth3 · 27%
- japheth1 · 9%
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.