Iphtah
יִפְתָּחStrong’s H3316yiphtach (yiph-tach)
Appears in 26 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Yiphtach is the Hebrew word usually translated “jephthah” and “iphtah”. It appears in 26 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Jiphtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib,”
Meaning
- § Jephthah or Jiphtah = "he opens"
- A son of Gilead and a concubine and the judge who defeated the Ammonites; after the victory because of a vow taken before the battle he sacrificed his daughter as a burnt offering
- A city in Judah
How it's translated
- jephthah 26
- to jephthah 2
- and iphtah 1
- and jephthah 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Judges 24
- Joshua 1
- 1 Samuel 1
3 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Judges 11:1Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he was the son of an harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah.
- Judges 11:2And Gilead’s wife bare him sons; and his wife’s sons grew up, and they thrust out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in our father’s house; for thou art the son of a strange woman.
- Judges 11:3Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there were gathered vain men to Jephthah, and went out with him.
- Judges 11:5And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob:
- Judges 11:6And they said unto Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.
- Judges 11:7And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, Did not ye hate me, and expel me out of my father’s house? and why are ye come unto me now when ye are in distress?
Hebrew dictionary
יִפְתָּח yiphtach · Iphtah
§ Jephthah or Jiphtah = "he opens" a city in Judah
יִפְתָּח yiphtach · Jephthah
A Judge living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jdg.11.1; son of: Gilead (H1568I) Also named: Iephthae (Ἰεφθάε "Jephthah" G2422) § Jephthah or Jiphtah = "he opens" 1) a son of Gilead and a concubine and the judge who defeated the Ammonites; after the victory because of a vow taken before the battle he sacrificed his daughter as a burnt offering 2) a city in Judah
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.