Yaphlêṭîy — H3311

Definition

adjective

a Japhletite or descendant of Japhlet

1. Japhleti see Japhlet = "let him escape"
2. descendants of Asher of the family of Japhlet who lived on the southwest border of Ephraim. Used as location

Usually translated as

Japhleti

Origin

patronymically from H3310

• Derived from Yaphlêṭ (H3310)

Occurrences

Yaphlêṭîy occurs 1 time in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Joshua (1)

• Joshua 16:3 — And goeth down westward to the coast of Japhleti (הַיַּפְלֵטִ֗י), unto the coast of Beth-horon the nether, and to Gezer: and the goings out thereof are at the sea.