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Jephthah

Jephthah proper noun: a male given name from Hebrew.

Proper noun

Jephthah

  1. A male given name from Hebrew.
  2. A judge described in the Book of Judges of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.

Forms of Jephthah

alternative formJephtha
alternative formJephte

Questions about Jephthah

What does Jephthah mean?
Jephthah means a male given name from Hebrew.
What part of speech is Jephthah?
Jephthah is a proper noun.

Words near Jephthah in the dictionary

  1. jeotgals
  2. JEP
  3. Jeparit
  4. Jeph
  5. Jephrey
  6. Jephthah
  7. jepoardy
  8. Jepp
  9. Jeppe
  10. jeppeite
  11. Jeppestown

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