Môwphaʻath — H4158

Definition

locative proper noun

Mophaath or Mephaath, a place in Palestine

1. Mephaath = "splendour" or "height"
2. a city of Reuben allotted to the Merarite Levites lying in the district of the Mishor; site uncertain
3. a city in Moab

Usually translated as

Mephaath

Origin

(Jeremiah 48:21) or mêyphaʻath; or mêphaʻath; from H3313; illuminative

• Derived from Yâphaʻ (H3313)

Occurrences

Môwphaʻath occurs 4 times in the King James.

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

• Joshua 13:18 — And Jahazah, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath (וּמֵפָֽעַת),
• Joshua 21:37 — Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath (מֵיפָ֖עַת) with her suburbs; four cities.
• 1 Chronicles 6:79 — Kedemoth also with her suburbs, and Mephaath (מֵיפַ֖עַת) with her suburbs:
• Jeremiah 48:21 — And judgment is come upon the plain country; upon Holon, and upon Jahazah, and upon Mephaath (מֵיפָֽעַת),