Japhi'a. (splendid).
1. The boundary of Zebulun, ascended from Daberath to Japhia, and thence, passed to Gath-hepher. Joshua 19:12. Yafa, two miles south of Nazareth, is not unlikely to be identical with Japhin.
2. King of Lachish, at the time of the conquest of Canaan, by the Israelites. Joshua 10:3. (B.C. 1450).
3. One of the sons of David, born to him in Jerusalem. 2 Samuel 5:15; 1 Chronicles 3:7; 1 Chronicles 14:6. (B.C. 1046).