- Original: יפיע - Transliteration: Yaphiya` - Phonetic: yaw-fee'-ah - Definition: Japhia = shining n pr loc 1. a town on the border of Zebulun and Issachar a. perhaps modern 'Yafa' n pr m 2. the king of Lachish at the time of the conquest of Canaan by Joshua 3. a son of David by a concubine - Origin: from H3313 - TWOT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: - Strong's: From H3313 ; bright; Japhia the name of a Canaanite an Israelite and a place in Palestine: - Japhia. Total KJV Occurrences: 5 • Japhia, 5 Joshua 10:3; Joshua 19:12; 2 Samuel 5:15; 1 Chronicles 3:7; 1 Chronicles 14:6