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Japheth

[ jey-fith ]

noun

  1. (in the Bible) a son of Noah.


Japheth

/ ˈɪɛθ /

noun

  1. Old Testament the second son of Noah, traditionally regarded as the ancestor of a number of non-Semitic nations (Genesis 10:1–5)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of Japheth1

From Late Latin, from Greek Iapheth, from Hebrew Yepheth
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Laurel resident Japheth Bruce spent four days a week fishing at Patapsco before the pandemic.

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Shem and Japheth, after all, were rewarded for not looking: walking backward, carrying the garment while shielding their eyes.

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One anonymous mailer criticizes Hawley’s record on gun rights claiming he won’t “protect our gun rights” and then asks to support Libertarian candidate Japheth Campbell.

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But Shem, Ham, and Japheth got on the boat so they were A-okay.

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“It’s the first definite observation, but it’s not a surprise,” says Japheth Yates, a European Space Agency researcher who studies planetary magnetospheres but was not part of the studies.

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