Japheth

American  

[jey-fith] / ˈdʒeɪ fɪθ /

noun

1. (in the Bible) a son of Noah.

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Japheth British  

/ ˈdʒeɪfɛθ /

noun

1. Old Testament the second son of Noah, traditionally regarded as the ancestor of a number of non-Semitic nations (Genesis 10:1–5)

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Etymology

Origin of Japheth

From Late Latin, from Greek Iapheth, from Hebrew Yepheth

Example Sentences

Laurel resident Japheth Bruce spent four days a week fishing at Patapsco before the pandemic.

From Washington Post

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

One anonymous mailer criticizes Hawley’s record on gun rights claiming he won’t “protect our gun rights” and then asks to support Libertarian candidate Japheth Campbell.

From Fox News

But Shem, Ham, and Japheth got on the boat so they were A-okay.

From Literature

“It’s the first definite observation, but it’s not a surprise,” says Japheth Yates, a European Space Agency researcher who studies planetary magnetospheres but was not part of the studies.

From Scientific American