King James Bible Dictionary - Strongs Number

H3315 - Japheth

Strong's No.:	H3315

Hebrew:	יֶפֶת

Transliteration:	Yepheth

Phonetic:	yeh'-feth

Word Origin:	From H6601

Bible Usage:	Japheth.

Part of Speech:	Proper Name Masculine

Strongs Definition:	expansion; {Jepheth} a son of Noah; also his posterity

Brown Driver Biggs Definition:	Japheth = "opened" 1. the 3rd son of Noah whose descendants after the flood settled on the coastal lands of the Mediterranean spreading north into Europe and parts of Asia

Bible References: Japheth	Gen 5:32 Gen 6:10 Gen 7:13 Gen 9:18 Gen 9:23 Gen 9:27 Gen 10:1 Gen 10:2 Gen 10:21 1 Chr 1:4 1 Chr 1:5

Translation Occurrences:	Japheth ( 11 )

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.