Strong H1662גַּת הַחֵ֫פֶר

Gath-hepher

Transliteration
gath-hachêpher gittâh-chêpher
Pronunciation
{gath-hah-khay'-fer} ghit-taw-khay'-fer
Morphology
Proper Name of a Location with no gender

Definition

From H1660 and H2658 with the article inserted;
wine press of (the) well;
Gath {Chepher} a place in Palestine: - {Gath-kephr} Gittah-kephr.

Meaning of the name

Gath-hepher or Gittah-hepher = "the winepress of digging"

Detailed definition

Gath-hepher, a town in the territory of Zebulun, was the hometown of the prophet Jonah.

In the biblical story

Gath-hepher

Town in Zebulun; hometown of prophet Jonah

Gath-hepher, a town in the territory of Zebulun, was the hometown of the prophet Jonah.

In the Bible

Strong H1662 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • hepher2

First verses

  1. Joshua 19:13
    And from thence passeth on along on the east to Gittah–hepher, to Ittah–kazin, and goeth out to Remmon–methoar to Neah;
  2. 2 Kings 14:25
    He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath unto the sea of the plain, according to the word of the Lord God of Israel, which he spake by the hand of his servant Jonah, the son of Amittai, the prophet, which was of Gath–hepher.
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