Lexical Summary Ioppē: Joppa, a city of Pal Original Word: ἸόππηTransliteration: Ioppē Phonetic Spelling: (ee-op'-pay) Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: Joppa, a city of Pal Meaning: Joppa -- a city of Palestine Strong's Concordance Joppa. Of Hebrew origin (Yapho); Joppe (i.e. Japho), a place in Palestine -- Joppa. see HEBREW Yapho Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2445: ἸόππηἸόππη (to which common spelling the ancient lexicographers prefer Ἰοπη, cf. Movers, Phönizier, ii. 2, p. 176 Anm.), Ἰόππης, ἡ, (Hebrew יָפו i. e. beauty, from יָפָה to shine, be beautiful; (others make the name mean 'an eminence'; others besides)), Joppa, a city of Palestine on the Mediterranean, lying on the border of the tribes of Dan and Ephraim. It was subject to the Jews from the time of the Maccabees ( |
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