A crusher, Gomer’s second son (Gen. 10:3), supposed to have been the ancestor of the Paphlagonians.
Source:Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)Public domain
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Riphath
Name meaning: remedy; medicine; release; pardon (Hitchcock)
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Also in Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)
(spoken), the second son of Gomer. (Genesis 10:3) The name may be identified with the Rhipaean mountains, i.e. the Carpathian range in the northeast of Dacia.
Source: Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863) · Public domain
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