Beauty, a sea-port in Dan (Josh. 19:46); called Joppa (q.v.) in 2 Chr. 2:16; Ezra 3:7; Jonah 1:3; and in New Testament.
Source:Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)Public domain
Place
Japho
Name meaning: fairness; comeliness (Hitchcock)
Hebrew & Greek words with this meaning
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Also in Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)
(beauty). (John 19:46) The Hebrew form for the better-known Joppa, Or Japho. (2 Chronicles 2:16; Ezra 3:7; Jonah 1:3) In its modern garb it is Yafa.
Source: Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863) · Public domain
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