Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jephthah

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.87 in modern English

Syllables
jeph-thah
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A male given name from Hebrew.

name

A judge described in the Book of Judges of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.

Inflected Forms

Jephtha (alternative) Jephte (alternative)

Questions

What does jephthah mean?
A male given name from Hebrew.

How to pronounce jephthah

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