Gath-ha-Chêpher — H1662

Definition

locative proper noun

Gath-Chepher, a place in Palestine

1. Gath-hepher or Gittah-hepher = "the winepress of digging"
2. home town of Jonah on the border of Zebulun

Usually translated as

Gath-kephr, Gittah-kephr

Origin

or (abridged) Gittâh-Chêpher; from H1660 and H2658 with the article inserted; wine-press of (the) well

• Derived from Gath (H1660)
• Derived from Châphar (H2658)

Occurrences

Gath-ha-Chêpher occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Joshua (1), 2 Kings (1)

• Joshua 19:13 — And from thence passeth on along on the east to Gittah-hepher (גִּתָּ֥ה), to Ittah-kazin, and goeth out to Remmon-methoar to Neah;
• 2 Kings 14:25 — He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath unto the sea of the plain, according to the word of the LORD God of Israel, which he spake by the hand of his servant Jonah, the son of Amittai, the prophet, which was of Gath-hepher (מִגַּ֥ת).