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Strong's #2445 - Ἰόππη
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Joppa or Japho = "beautiful"
- 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 times of the Maccabees. It had a famous but dangerous port and carried on a flourishing trade. It is now called Jaffa.
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Ἰόππη (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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Ἰόππη
(FlJ, id., and also Ἰόπη ), -ης , ἡ ,
(Heb. H3305),
Joppa: Acts 9:1-43; Acts 10:1-48; Acts 11:1-30.†
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According to Winer-Schmedel Gr. p. 56 f. the spelling Ἰόππη of the NT MSS. and of 1 Macc is supported only by a few coins. The grammarians and others declare for Ἰόπη : cf. IG III. 2498 Ἰοπίτης.
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