Strongs Number: H3316
- Hebrew Word
- יִפְתָּח
- Transliteration
- Yiphtâch
- Phonetic
- yif-tawkh'
- Part of Speech
- Strongs Definition
-
he will open; {Jiphtach} an Israelite; also a place in Palestine
- BDB Definition
-
Jephthah or Jiphtah = "he opens" n pr m
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 n pr loc
2. a city in Judah
- Origin
- From H6605
- Bible Usage
- {Jephthah} Jiphtah.