Strong's H3316 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: יִפְתָּח (Yiphtâch)

Pronunciation: yif-tawkh'

Morphology: n-pr-m n-pr-loc

Part of Speech: n pr m, n pr loc

Name Meaning: Jephthah or Jiphtah = "he opens"

Derivation: from פָּתַח (pâthach) [H6605]; he will open;

Definition: Jiphtach, an Israelite; also a place in Palestine

KJV Renderings: Jephthah, Jiphtah.

Senses

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
2. a city in Judah

Cross References

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.