Ἰάφεθ

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Ancient Greek

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Japheth

Etymology

From Biblical Hebrew יֶפֶת (Yep̄eṯ).

Pronunciation

(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /iˈa.pʰetʰ/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /iˈa.ɸeθ/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /iˈa.feθ/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈa.feθ/

Proper noun

Ἰάφεθ • (Iápheth) m (indeclinable)

(biblical) Japheth (son of Noah)

Quotations

300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Genesis 5.32:
Καὶ ἦν Νῶε ἐτῶν πεντακοσίων καὶ ἐγέννησε τρεῖς υἱούς, τὸν Σήμ, τὸν Χάμ, καὶ τὸν Ἰάφεθ.
Kaì ên Nôe etôn pentakosíōn kaì egénnēse treîs huioús, tòn Sḗm, tòn Khám, kaì tòn Iápheth.
- Translation by Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton
  And Noe was five hundred years old, and he begot three sons, Sem, Cham, and Japheth.

Descendants

Greek: Ιάφεθ (Iáfeth)
→ Old Armenian: Յաբէթ (Yabētʻ)
- Armenian: Հաբեթ (Habetʻ)
→ Old Church Slavonic: Іафеѳъ (Iafeθŭ)
- → Old East Slavic: Афетъ (Afetŭ)
→ Latin: Iaphet (see there for further descendants)

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