Strong's #3316: Yiphtach (pronounced yif-tawkh')

from 6605; he will open; Jiphtach, an Israelite; also a place in Palestine:--Jephthah, Jiphtah.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:

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yiphtâch

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 (noun proper masculine)

2) a city in Judah (noun proper locative)

Part of Speech: see above in Definition

Usage:

This word is used 30 times:

 

Joshua 15:43: " And Jiphtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib,"
Judges 11:1: " Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor, and he was the son of a harlot:"
Judges 11:1: "of a harlot: and Gilead begot Jephthah."
Judges 11:2: "grew up, and they thrust out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in our father's"
Judges 11:3: " Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob:"
Judges 11:3: "and there were gathered vain men to Jephthah, and went out with"
Judges 11:5: "went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob:"
Judges 11:6: " unto Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we may fight with the children of Ammon."
Judges 11:7: " And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, Did not ye hate me, and expel"
Judges 11:8: "of Gilead said unto Jephthah, Therefore we turn again to thee now,"
Judges 11:9: " And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, If ye bring me home again"
Judges 11:10: "of Gilead said unto Jephthah, The LORD be witness between"
Judges 11:11: " Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head"
Judges 11:11: "him head and captain over them: and Jephthah uttered all his words"
Judges 11:12: " And Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of the children of Ammon, saying,"
Judges 11:13: "answered unto the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took away"
Judges 11:14: " And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the children"
Judges 11:15: "unto him, Thus saith Jephthah, Israel took not away"
Judges 11:28: "not unto the words of Jephthah which he sent"
Judges 11:29: "of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead, and Manasseh,"
Judges 11:30: " And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver"
Judges 11:32: " So Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon to fight against them; and the LORD delivered"
Judges 11:34: " And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out"
Judges 11:40: "yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four"
Judges 12:1: "and went northward, and said unto Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou over to fight against the children"
Judges 12:2: " And Jephthah said unto them, I and my people were at great strife"
Judges 12:4: " Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with"
Judges 12:7: " And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah"
Judges 12:7: "six years. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead."
1 Samuel 12:11: "Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand"