Strong H4158מֵיפַ֫עַת

Mephaath

Transliteration: môpha‛ath mêypha‛ath mêpha‛ath
Pronunciation: {mo-fah'-ath} {may-fah'-ath} may-fah'-ath
Morphology: Proper Name of a Location with no gender

Definition

From H3313; illuminative;
Mophaath or {Mephaath} a place in Palestine: - Mephaath.

Meaning of the name

Mephaath = "splendour" or "height"

Detailed definition

Mephaath, a Levitical city in the territory of Reuben (Joshua 13:18; 21:37; 1 Chronicles 6:79), later mentioned in a prophecy against Moab (Jeremiah 48:21).

In the biblical story

Mephaath

A Levitical city in Reuben, later Moabite

Mephaath, a Levitical city in the territory of Reuben (Joshua 13:18; 21:37; 1 Chronicles 6:79), later mentioned in a prophecy against Moab (Jeremiah 48:21).

In the Bible

Strong H4158 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

mephaath3
suburb1

First verses

Joshua 13:18
And Jahazah, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath,
Joshua 21:37
Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs; four cities.
1 Chronicles 6:79
Kedemoth also with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs:
Jeremiah 48:21
And judgment is come upon the plain country; upon Holon, and upon Jahazah, and upon Mephaath,