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Japheth

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(enlarged). Son of Noah (Gen. 5:32; 6:10; 9:27; 10:21³²And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (Genesis 5:32)
¹⁰And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (Genesis 6:10)
²⁷God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. (Genesis 9:27)
²¹Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born. (Genesis 10:21)). His generations peopled the “isles of the Gentiles,” and type the Indo-European and Caucasian races (Gen. 10:1-5¹Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood. ²The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. ³And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. ⁴And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. ⁵By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations. (Genesis 10:1‑5)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

One of three sons of Noah. He was the father of Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. From these names it has been gathered that the descendants of Japheth spread over the whole of Europe and a great part of northern Asia. Noah prophesied of him, “God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.” He is not here brought into relationship with God, as Shem is: enlargement on the earth is what is predicted, and this has been manifestly fulfilled (Gen. 5:32³²And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (Genesis 5:32); Gen. 6:10¹⁰And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (Genesis 6:10); Gen. 7:13¹³In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark; (Genesis 7:13); Gen. 9:18,23,27¹⁸And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan. (Genesis 9:18)
²³And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness. (Genesis 9:23)
²⁷God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. (Genesis 9:27); Gen. 10:1,2,21¹Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood. ²The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. (Genesis 10:1‑2)
²¹Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born. (Genesis 10:21); 1 Chron. 1:4-5⁴Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. ⁵The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. (1 Chronicles 1:4‑5)).

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

3315 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

Yepheth

Phonic:

yeh’-feth

Meaning:

from 6601; expansion; Jepheth, a son of Noah; also his posterity

KJV Usage:

Japheth

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

let him spread out

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

Increase; expansion; widely spreading; unfoldment:―a son of Noah, Gen. 5:32. {Incrementum}