Japheth — the meaning of the Hebrew name יֶפֶת

יֶפֶת

Yepheth · pronounced yeh'-feth · Strong's H3315 · a man

Japheth means expansion.

Built from

פָּתָה pâthâh (from, H6601) — to open, i.e. be (causatively, make) roomy open in the lexicon ›

from H6601; expansion; Jepheth, a son of Noah; also his posterity.

Gen 5:32 And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (KJV)

11 occurrences in 11 verses — Genesis, 1 Chronicles

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

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