Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H3316
יִפְתָּח
yiph.tach · “Iphtah”
Used 30 times across 3 books
Definition
§ Jephthah or Jiphtah = "he opens"
a city in Judah
Where it appears
Joshua1
Judges28
1 Samuel1
In the text
Joshua 15:43And Jiphtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib,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?Judges 11:8And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, Therefore we turn again to thee now, that thou mayest go with us, and fight against the children of Ammon, and be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.Judges 11:9And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, If ye bring me home again to fight against the children of Ammon, and the Lord deliver them before me, shall I be your head?Judges 11:10And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, The Lord be witness between us, if we do not so according to thy words.
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