Word Summary
Yiphtach: "He opens", a Gileadite, also a city of Judah
Original Word: יִפְתָּחTransliteration: Yiphtach
Phonetic Spelling: (yif-tawkh')
Part of Speech: proper name; masculine; location
Short Definition: "He opens", a Gileadite, also a city of Judah
Meaning: Jephthah -- "He opens", a Gileadite, also a city of Judah
Strong's Concordance
Jephthah, Jiphtah
From pathach; he will open; Jiphtach, an Israelite; also a place in Palestine -- Jephthah, Jiphtah.
see HEBREW pathach
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H3316. Yiphtach
יִפְתָּח proper name
1. masculine Jephthah, Ιεφθαε (he [God] openeth); — Judges 11:1 (twice in verse) + 26 t. 11, 12, 1 Samuel 12:11.
2. location in the שְׁפֵלָה Joshua 15:43 (P), A ᵐ5L ιεφθα.