Greek word · G2445

Ἰόππη

ioppē

Joppa

Joppa / Jaffa (Hebrew Yafo), an ancient harbor town on the Mediterranean coast, about 55 km (35 miles) northwest of Jerusalem.

Appears 10 times in 10 verses of the Greek New Testament. ·

What it means

Ἰόππη (FlJ, id., and also Ἰόπη), -ης, ἡ, (Heb. יָפוֹ),

Joppa: Acts 9:1-43 10:1-48 11:1-30.†

(AS)

From G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

In depth

From the study of 1 Maccabees 13:11

Range of meaning

Joppa / Jaffa (Hebrew Yafo), an ancient harbor town on the Mediterranean coast, about 55 km (35 miles) northwest of Jerusalem.

Against the English

'Joppe' (Brenton) and 'Joppa' (KJV, WEB) are just different spellings.

Used elsewhere in the period

Cedars for the temple were shipped through it (2 Chr 2:16; Ezra 3:7). Jonah sails from it (Jonah 1:3). It changed hands repeatedly in Maccabees: Jonathan took it (1 Macc 10:75–76), Simon garrisoned it (12:33–34), and later Simon made it Judea's harbor and settled Jews there (14:5, 34). 2 Macc 12:3–7 tells of Joppa's citizens drowning their Jewish neighbors and Judas raiding the harbor in reprisal.

Where it appears

Acts · 10

  1. Acts 9:36 Ἰόππῃ Joppa

    In Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (which is translated as Dorcas), who was always occupied with works of kindness and charity.

    Here: Joppa (modern Jaffa), the old port on the Mediterranean coast about 18 km (11 miles) from Lydda, where Peter has just healed Aeneas (9:32–35). Putting the place first sets the scene for a new story.

  2. Acts 9:38 Ἰόππῃ to Joppa

    Since Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, hearing that Peter was there, sent two men to urge him, “Come to us without delay.”

    Here: In the dative after 'near': 'near to Joppa'. Joppa (modern Jaffa) was Judea's old seaport, where Tabitha had just died.

  3. Acts 9:42 Ἰόππης, of Joppa,

    This became known all over Joppa, and many people believed in the Lord.

  4. Acts 9:43 Ἰόππῃ Joppa

    And Peter stayed for several days in Joppa with a tanner named Simon.

  5. Acts 10:5 Ἰόππην Joppa

    Now send men to Joppa to call for a man named Simon who is called Peter.

  6. Acts 10:8 Ἰόππην.¶ Joppa.

    He explained what had happened and sent them to Joppa.

  7. Acts 10:23 Ἰόππης Joppa

    So Peter invited them in as his guests. And the next day he got ready and went with them, accompanied by some of the brothers from Joppa.

  8. Acts 10:32 Ἰόππην Joppa

    Therefore send to Joppa for Simon, who is called Peter. He is a guest in the home of Simon the tanner, by the sea.’

  9. Acts 11:5 Ἰόππῃ of Joppa

    “I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision of something like a large sheet being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came right down to me.

    Here: The port of Joppa (modern Jaffa) on the Mediterranean coast, the town Jonah sailed from when he ran away from his mission to the gentile city of Nineveh (Jonah 1:3).

  10. Acts 11:13 Ἰόππην Joppa

    He told us how he had seen an angel standing in his house and saying, ‘Send to Joppa for Simon who is called Peter.

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