Japheth

Japheth
/jay"fith/, n.
a son of Noah. Gen. 5:32.
[ < LL < Gk Iapheth < Heb Yepheth]

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  • Japheth — youngest of the three sons of Noah, from L. Japheth, from Gk. Iapheth, from Heb. Yepheth, lit. enlargement, from causative form of the stem p t h to be wide, spacious …   Etymology dictionary

  • Japheth — [jā′feth΄] n. [LL(Ec) < Gr(Ec) < Heb yepheth, lit., enlargement: cf. Gen. 9:27] Bible the youngest of Noah s three sons: Gen. 5:32 …   English World dictionary

  • Japheth —    Wide spreading: God shall enlarge Japheth (Heb. Yaphat Elohim le Yephet, Gen. 9:27. Some, however, derive the name from yaphah, to be beautiful; hence white), one of the sons of Noah, mentioned last in order (Gen. 5:32; 6:10; 7:13), perhaps… …   Easton's Bible Dictionary

  • Japheth — noun Etymology: Latin Japheth or Greek Iapheth, from Hebrew Yepheth Date: before 12th century a son of Noah held to be the progenitor of the Medes and Greeks …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Japheth — noun a) The third son of Noah, brother to Shem and Ham. And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of …   Wiktionary

  • JAPHETH BEN ELI HA-LEVI — (Yefet ben Eli; Abū ʿAlī al Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī al Lāwī al Baṣrī; second half of tenth century), Karaite scholar in Jerusalem. Details of his life are not known. He was the only Karaite who wrote biblical commentaries in Arabic, accompanied by an… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Japheth Kimutai — Informations Discipline(s) 800 m …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Japheth (disambiguation) — Japheth is one of the sons of Noah in the Bible.Japheth may also refer to:* Japheth Kimutai (born 1978), Kenyan middle distance runner * Levi ben Japheth (11th century), Karaite Jewish scholar …   Wikipedia

  • Japheth Kimutai — (born December 20, 1978 in Lelmokwo, Nandi District) is a Kenyan middle distance runner who specialized in 800 metres.In 1998 he won the gold medal at the Kuala Lumpur Commonwealth Games in a time of 1:43.82. In the same year he won the African… …   Wikipedia

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