# H3316 יִפְתָּח

יִפְתָּח (Yiphtâch), Strong’s H3316: Jiphtach, an Israelite; also a place in Palestine KJV: Jephthah, Jiphtah.. Occurs 30 times.

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*Yiphtâch* — Jiphtach, an Israelite; also a place in Palestine

KJV: Jephthah, Jiphtah.

Derived from [פָּתַח pâthach](https://besorah.bible/word/H6605) (to open wide)

Occurs 30 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- יִפְתָּח n.pr.
- 1 m. Jephthah
- 2 loc. Jos 15:43

## Where it occurs
- [Joshua 15:43](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/joshua/15?v=43) — Iphtah, Ashnah, Nezib,
- [Judges 11:1](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/11?v=1) — Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor. He was the son of a prostitute. Gilead became the father of…
- [Judges 11:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/11?v=2) — Gilead’s wife bore him sons. When his wife’s sons grew up, they drove Jephthah out and said to him, “You will not…
- [Judges 11:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/11?v=3) — Then Jephthah fled from his brothers and lived in the land of Tob. Outlaws joined up with Jephthah, and they went out…
- [Judges 11:5](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/11?v=5) — When the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah out of the land of Tob.
- [Judges 11:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/11?v=6) — They said to Jephthah, “Come and be our chief, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.”
- [Judges 11:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/11?v=7) — Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, “Didn’t you hate me, and drive me out of my father’s house? Why have you come to…
- [Judges 11:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/11?v=8) — The elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “Therefore we have turned again to you now, that you may go with us and fight…
- [Judges 11:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/11?v=9) — Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, “If you bring me home again to fight with the children of Ammon, and the LORD…
- [Judges 11:10](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/11?v=10) — The elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “The LORD will be witness between us. Surely we will do what you say.”