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View Name: Jephthah


JEPHTHAH
GENDER: Masculine
USAGE: Biblical
PRONOUNCED: JEF-thə (English)   [key]
Meaning & History
Means "he opens" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament this name belongs to a judge who defends Israel from the Ammonites.
Related Names
VARIANT: Jephtha
OTHER LANGUAGES: Iephthae (Biblical Greek), Yiftach (Biblical Hebrew), Iepthae (Biblical Latin), Jeptha (English)



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