Jangling
jan'-gling (mataiologia, "vain discourse" "babbling"): This word is not found in the American Standard Revised Version; once only in the King James Version (1Ti 1:6). The Americ...
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Janim
ja'-nim (yanim; the King James Version Janum): A place in the Hebron uplands named with Eshan and Beth-tappuah (Jos 15:53); unidentified.
Jannai
jan'-a-i (Iannai, Tischendorf, Tregelles, Westcott and Hort, The New Testament in Greek; Ianna, Textus Receptus of the New Testament; the King James Version Janna); An ancestor ...
Jannes And Jambres
jan'-ez, jam'-brez (Iannes kai Iambres,2Ti 3:8):1. Egyptian Magicians:These are the names of two magicians in ancient Egypt, who withstood Moses before Pharaoh. This is the only...
Jannes And Jambres, Book Of
An apocryphal work condemned by Pope Gelasius.See preceding article, JANNES AND JAMBRES.
Janoah
ja-no'-a (yanoach, "resting-place"):(1) A place named on the eastern boundary of Ephraim (Jos 16:6f; the King James Version "Janohah"). Eusebius, Onomasticon (s.v. "Jano") place...
Janum
ja'-num (Qere, yanum, Kethibh yanim).SeeJANIM.
Japheth (1)
ja'-feth (yepheth; yapheth; Iapheth):1. Etymologies of Japheth:This name, inGe 9:27, seems to be explained by the phrase "may God make wide (yapht, the American Standard Revised...
Japheth (2)
ja'-feth (Iapheth): A region mentioned only in Judith 2:25, where no particulars are given which may lead to its identification. Holofernes "came unto the borders of Japheth, wh...
Japhia (1)
ja-fi'-a, jaf'-i-a (yaphia`, perhaps "tall"; compare Arabic; Iephtha):(1) King of Lachish, one of the 5 "kings of the Amorites" who allied themselves together in an expedition a...
Japhia (2)
ja-fi'-a, jaf'-i-a (yaphia`): A town on the southern boundary of Zebulun named with Chisloth-tabor and Daberath (Jos 19:12). It is represented by the modern Yafa, about 1 1/2 mi...
Japhlet
jaf'-let (yaphleT, "he escapes"(?)): In1Ch 7:32,33, a "son" of Heber, an Asherite.
Japhleti
jaf'-le-ti, jaf-le'-ti: the King James Version inJos 16:3, where Hebrew is ha-yaphleTi, "the Japhletites," the Revised Version (British and American), a clan said to border on t...
Japho
ja'-fo: the King James Version and the American Revised Version margin inJos 19:46forJOPPA(which see).
Jar
jar.SeeBARREL.
Jarah
ja'-ra (ya`rah, "honey-comb" (?)): A descendant of King Saul (1Ch 9:42); but the Septuagint's Codices Vaticanus and Alexandrinus, have Iada = ya`dah, a name found in Septuagint ...
Jareb
ja'-reb, jar'-eb (yarebh, "let him contend"; Septuagint Iareim):1. Obscurity of the Name:Is mentioned twice in Ho (5:13; 10:6) as an Assyrian king who received tribute from Isra...
Jared
ja'-red (yeredh, "descent"; pausal form, yaredh, inGe 5:15;1Ch 1:2, hence, English Versions of the Bible "Jared" for "Jered"; Iared): InGe 5:15-20;1Ch 1:2;Lu 3:37, son of Mahala...
Jaresiah
jar-e-si'-a: the King James Version forJAARESHIAH(which see).
Jarha
jar'-ha (yarcha`, meaning unknown): An Egyptian slave of Shesham, about Eli's time (compare HPN, 235), who married his master's daughter, and became the founder of a house of th...
Jarib
ja'-rib, jar'-ib (yaribh, "he contends," or "takes (our) part," or "conducts (our) case"):(1) In1Ch 4:24, a "son" (clan) of Simeon = "Jachin" ofGe 46:10;Ex 6:15;Nu 26:12.(2)InEz...
Jarimoth
jar'-i-moth (Iarimoth): 1 Esdras 9:28; called "Jeremoth" inEzr 10:27.
Jarmuth
jar'-muth (yarmuth:(1) A city of the Canaanites in the Shephelah (Jos 15:35) of Judah whose "king," Piram, joined the league of the "five kings" against Joshua (Jos 10:3-5), was...
Jaroah
ja-ro'-a (yaroach, meaning unknown): A Gadite chief (1Ch 5:14). But the text is doubtful; see Curtis, Chronicles, 124.
Jasaelus; Jasael
jas-a-e'-lus, ja'-sa-el (Iasaelos; Codex Vaticanus, Asaelos; the King James Version (1 Esdras 9:30)): Called "Sheal" inEzr 10:29.
Jashar, Book Of
ja'-shar, jash'-ar (cepher ha-yashar; the King James Version Book of Jasher, margin "the book of the upright"): The title of an ancient Hebrew national song-book (literally, "bo...
Jashen
ja'-shen, jash'-en (yashen, "asleep"(?)): Seemingly the father of some of David s thirty valiant men (2Sa 23:32f). The Massoretic Text reads "Eliahba the Shaalbonite, the sons o...