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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

JAPHETHITE

JAPHETHITE Ja "pheth *ite, n.

 

Defn: A Japhetite. Kitto.

 

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.