Study Dictionary
NAVE: Diphath Riphath
EBD: Riphath
SMITH: RIPHATH
ISBE: DIPHATH RIPHATH
Riphath
In Bible versions:
Riphath: NET AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEVDiphath: AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEV
son of Gomer son of Japheth son of Noah
remedy; medicine; release; pardon
remedy; medicine; release; pardon
Hebrew
Strongs #07384: tpyr Riyphath or (probably by orthographical error) tpyd Diyphath
Riphath = "spoken"1) the 2nd son of Gomer
7384 Riyphath ree-fath'
or (probably by orthographical error) Diyphath {dee-fath'};of foreign origin; Riphath, a grandson of Japheth and his
descendants:-Riphath.
Riphath [EBD]
a crusher, Gomer's second son (Gen. 10:3), supposed to have been the ancestor of the Paphlagonians.
RIPHATH [SMITH]
(spoken), the second son of Gomer. (Genesis 10:3) The name may be identified with the Rhipaean mountains, i.e. the Carpathian range in the northeast of Dacia.DIPHATH [ISBE]
DIPHATH - di'-fath (diphath): A son of Gomer, son of Japheth, son of Noah (1 Ch 1:6), called RIPHATH (which see) in the corresponding genealogy in Gen 10:3.
RIPHATH [ISBE]
RIPHATH - ri'-fath (riphath): A son of Gomer, the eldest son of Japhet (Gen 10:3; 1 Ch 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).