The meaning of Japhia in the Bible
(From Easton's Bible Dictionary)

splendid.

  • The king of Lachish, who joined in the confederacy against Joshua (Joshua 10:3), and was defeated and slain. In one of the Amarna tablets he speaks of himself as king of Gezer. Called also Horam (Joshua 10:33).

  • One of the sons of David (II Samuel 5:15), born in Jerusalem.

  • A town in the southern boundary of Zebulum (Joshua 19:12); now Yafa, 2 miles south-west of Nazareth.


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