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Riphath

Easton's Bible Dictionary

A crusher, Gomer’s second son (Gen 10:3), supposed to have been the ancestor of the Paphlagonians.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ri'-fath (riphath): A son of Gomer, the eldest son of Japhet (Gen 10:3; 1 Chr 1:6, where Massoretic Text and the Revised Version (British and American) read DIPHATH (which see)). Josephus (Ant., I, vi, 1) identifies the Ripheans with the Paphlagonians, through whose country on the Black Sea ran the river "Rhebas" (Pliny, NH, vi.4).

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Person Riphath

Kilde: Easton's Bible Dictionary (M.G. Easton, 1897) og International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (red. James Orr, 1915/1939), public domain. Translated into Danish with AI and not yet proofread (fully or partially). Links to people and places: Theographic Bible Metadata (CC BY-SA 4.0).