Japha — the meaning of the Hebrew name יָפוֹ

יָפוֹ

Yâphôw · pronounced yaw-fo' · Strong's H3305 · a place · also spelled Joppa

Japha means beautiful.

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יָפָה yâphâh (from, H3302) — properly, to be bright, i.e. (by implication) beautiful open in the lexicon ›

or יָפוֹא; (Ezra 3:7), from H3302; beautiful; Japho, a place in Palestine.

Josh 19:46 And Me–jarkon, and Rakkon, with the border before Japho. (KJV)

4 occurrences in 4 verses — Joshua, 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Jonah

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Definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); occurrences from the Westminster Leningrad Codex via Hebrew Explorer's interlinear.