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Strong's #3316 - יִפְתָּח
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Jephthah or Jiphtah = “he opens”
1) a son of Gilead and a concubine and the judge who defeated the Ammonites; after the victory because of a vow taken before the battle he sacrificed his daughter as a burnt offering (noun proper masculine)
2) a city in Judah (noun proper locative)
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1. masculine Jephthah, Ιεφθαε ( he [God] openeth); — Judges 11:1 (twice in verse) + 26t. 11,12, 1 Samuel 12:11.
2. location in the שְׁפֵלָה Joshua 15:43 (P), A ᵐ5 L ιεφθα.
יִפְתָּח (prob. “whom, or what God sets free,” see the root פָּתַח Isaiah 14:17), pr.n.
(1) [Jiphtah], a town in the tribe of Judah, Joshua 15:43.
(2) [Jephthah], a judge of Israel, celebrated for having, in compliance with a vow, sacrificed his daughter, Judges 11:12; 1 Samuel 12:11 Greek Ἰεφθα, Ἰεφθάε, Vulg. Jephte.