Yepheth — H3315

H3315 · Hebrew — יפת

Pronunciation: yeh'-feth

Definition

masculine proper noun

Jepheth, a son of Noah; also his posterity

  1. Japheth = "opened"
  2. the 3rd son of Noah whose descendants after the flood settled on the coastal lands of the Mediterranean spreading north into Europe and parts of Asia

Usually translated as

Japheth

Origin

from H6601; expansion

Occurrences

Yepheth occurs 11 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (9), 1 Chronicles (2)

Strong's Lexicon — Y