Midvash

גַּת־הַחֵפֶרGath-ha-Chêpher

home of Jonah, prophet (2 Kings 14:25; Joshua 19:13)

Pronunciation: gath-hah-khay'-fer · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1662

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 4 times in the Bible.

  • Joshua 19:13 Then it continued east to Gath-hepher, Eth-kazin, and Rimmon and turned toward Neah.
  • 2 Kings 14:25 Jeroboam II recovered the territories of Israel between Lebo-hamath and the Dead Sea, just as the Lord, the God of Israel, had promised through Jonah son of Amittai, the prophet from Gath-hepher.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).