Ἰόππη
Ioppē
Joppa
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe word Ἰόππη (Ioppē) appears to designate a specific location, as indicated by its classification as a "Proper Name: Person" and its short definition as "Joppa." This suggests that the word is not a common noun but rather a proper noun, referring to a specific town or city. The occurrences of Ἰόππη in the Bible reveal its significance in the narrative. It is mentioned a total of 4 times, indicating its importance as a location in the story. This could imply that the city of Joppa held cultural, economic, or historical significance in the region at the time. Given its limited occurrences in the Bible, the word Ἰόππη is more of a place marker than a word with broader semantic scope. Its primary role is to identify a specific location, and its significance lies in its ability to ground the narrative in a real-world context.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
4 total occurrences across the text
They also gave money to the masons, and to the carpenters. They also gave food, drink, and oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea, to Joppa, according to the grant that they had from Cyrus King of Persia.
Jonah 1:3But Jonah rose up to flee to Tarshish from the presence of Yahweh. He went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tarshish; so he paid its fare, and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish from the presence of Yahweh.
Joshua 19:46Me Jarkon, and Rakkon, with the border opposite Joppa.
2 Chronicles 2:16and we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as you need. We will bring it to you in rafts by sea to Joppa; then you shall carry it up to Jerusalem.”