Jephthah
pronunciation
How to pronounce Jephthah in British English:
UK ['dʒefθə]
How to pronounce Jephthah in American English:
US [ˈdʒɛfθə]
Word Origin
- Jephthah
- biblical judge of Israel, from Greek Iephthae, from Hebrew Yiphtah, literally "God opens," imperfective of pathah "he opened" (compare pethah "opening, entrance").
Example
- 1. And jephthah spoke all his words before jehovah in mizpah .
- 2. One suspects that this is one of those mixed results in which the bible frankly abounds , like the account of gideon , or of jephthah , or of samson .
- 3. Gilead 's wife also bore him sons , and when they were grown up , they drove jephthah away . " You are not going to get any inheritance in our family , " they said , " because you are the son of another woman . "
- 4. And jephthah judged israel six years .
- 5. What have you learned from jephthah 's vow ?