Japheth
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Japheth
From Late Latin, from Greek Iapheth, from Hebrew Yepheth
Example Sentences
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Laurel resident Japheth Bruce spent four days a week fishing at Patapsco before the pandemic.
From Washington Post • Jun. 8, 2020
Ham told his two brothers, Shem and Japheth, who, out of respect for their father, walked backward into Noah’s tent, so as not to see him, and put a garment over him.
From The New Yorker • Nov. 30, 2018
On Monday, Nairobi police chief Japheth Koome said all the proper procedures had been followed for the mock security exercise, Reuters news agency reports.
From BBC • Dec. 1, 2015
Noah's son Japheth, played by one of Althoff's animal trainers, was using baby talk to soothe a pair of lions and Siberian tigers in their glassed-in cages.
From Time Magazine Archive
But Shem, Ham, and Japheth got on the boat so they were A-okay.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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