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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

JAPHETIC

a.Pertaining to Japheth, the eldest son of Noah; as the Japhetic nations, which people the North of Asia and all Europe; Japhetic languages.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

JAPHETHITE

JAPHETHITE Ja "pheth *ite, n.

 

Defn: A Japhetite. Kitto.

 

JAPHETIC

JAPHETIC Ja *phet "ic, a.

 

Defn: Pertaining to, or derived from, Japheth, one of the sons of Noah; as, Japhetic nations, the nations of Europe and Northern Asia; Japhetic languages.

 

JAPHETITE

JAPHETITE Ja "phet *ite, n.

 

Defn: A descendant of Japheth.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

Japheth

Ja pheth |ˈjāfeTH ˈʤeɪfɛθ | (in the Bible ) a son of Noah, traditional ancestor of the peoples living around the Mediterranean. His name is probably to be connected with that of Iapetus, a Titan in Greek mythology.

 

Oxford Dictionary

Japheth

Japheth |ˈdʒeɪfɛθ | (in the Bible ) a son of Noah (Gen. 10:1 ), traditional ancestor of the peoples living round the Mediterranean.

 

Duden Dictionary

Japhet

Ja phet, Ja fet Eigenname ökumenisch Jafet |J a phet J a fet |biblischer männlicher Eigenname

 

Japhetitologie

Ja phe ti to lo gie Substantiv, feminin , die |Japhetitolog ie |die Japhetitologie; Genitiv: der Japhetitologie nach Japhet, dem dritten Sohn Noahs und Stammvater besonders der kleinasiatischen Völker (heute als widerlegt geltende ) wissenschaftliche Anschauung des russischen Sprachwissenschaftlers N. Marr von einer vorindogermanischen (japhetitischen ) Sprachfamilie, aus der sich die indogermanischen und kaukasischen Sprachen sowie das Baskische entwickelt hat