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
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
- Joshua 19:13And from thence passeth on along on the east to Gittah–hepher, to Ittah–kazin, and goeth out to Remmon–methoar to Neah;
- 2 Kings 14:25He 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.