- 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
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Japheth — (IPAEng|ˈdʒeɪfɪθ, Hebrew. יפת, Greek Ιάφεθ , Iapheth , Latin Iafeth or Iapetus, Arabic: يافث) is one of the sons of Noah in the Bible. In Arabic citations, his name is normally given as Yafeth ibn Nuh (Japheth son of Noah).Order of birth He is… … Wikipedia
JAPHETH — (Heb. יֶפֶת), son of Noah, brother of shem and ham . In all the lists of Noah s sons, Japheth invariably appears in the third place (Gen. 5:32; 6:10; 7:13; 9:18; 10:1; I Chron. 1:4). However, on one occasion Ham is called the youngest son of Noah … Encyclopedia of Judaism
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 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
