Hebrew word · H3312
יְפֻנֶּה
yefuneh
Jephunneh
Appears 16 times in 16 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·
What it means
A man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Num.13.6;
father of: Caleb (H3612), Kenaz (H7073I)
§ Jephunneh = "He will be facing"
1) a Kenezite and father of Caleb the spy from the tribe of Judah
2) son of Jether and descendant of Asher
Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).
Where it appears
Numbers · 7
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Numbers 13:6 יְפֻנֶּֽה׃ Jephunneh
from the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh;
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Numbers 14:6 יְפֻנֶּ֔ה Jephunneh
Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had spied out the land, tore their clothes
Here: Caleb's father. Linking father and son here makes "Caleb son of Jephunneh" a formal, recognisable identification. It is repeated when God exempts the two men from the judgment (14:30, 38).
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Numbers 14:30 יְפֻנֶּ֔ה Jephunneh
Surely none of you will enter the land in which I swore to settle you, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.
Here: Caleb's father. Elsewhere he is called 'the Kenizzite' (Num 32:12; Josh 14:6), a clan that was absorbed into Judah.
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Numbers 14:38 יְפֻנֶּ֑ה Jephunneh
Of those men who had gone to spy out the land, only Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh remained alive.
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Numbers 26:65 יְפֻנֶּ֔ה Jephunneh
For the LORD had told them that they would surely die in the wilderness. Not one was left except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.
Here: Caleb's father, elsewhere called a Kenizzite (Numbers 32:12; Joshua 14:6). That clan was absorbed into Judah.
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Numbers 32:12 יְפֻנֶּה֙ Jephunneh
not one except Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua son of Nun—because they did follow the LORD wholeheartedly.’
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Numbers 34:19 יְפֻנֶּֽה׃ Jephunneh
These are their names: Caleb son of Jephunneh from the tribe of Judah;
Deuteronomy · 1
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Deuteronomy 1:36 יְפֻנֶּה֙ Jephunneh
except Caleb son of Jephunneh. He will see it, and I will give him and his descendants the land on which he has set foot, because he followed the LORD wholeheartedly.”
Joshua · 5
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Joshua 14:6 יְפֻנֶּ֖ה Jephunneh
Then the sons of Judah approached Joshua at Gilgal, and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, “You know what the LORD said to Moses the man of God at Kadesh-barnea about you and me.
Here: Caleb's father, named in every formal mention of Caleb (Num 13:6; 14:6, 30), which ties this claim back to the Kadesh story.
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Joshua 14:13 יְפֻנֶּ֖ה Jephunneh
Then Joshua blessed Caleb son of Jephunneh and gave him Hebron as his inheritance.
Here: Caleb's father. Verse 14 adds that he was 'the Kenizzite'. The name's meaning is uncertain; it may be connected with panah, 'turn'.
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Joshua 14:14 יְפֻנֶּ֤ה Jephunneh
Therefore Hebron belongs to Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite as an inheritance to this day, because he wholly followed the LORD, the God of Israel.
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Joshua 15:13 יְפֻנֶּ֗ה Jephunneh
According to the LORD’s command to him, Joshua gave Caleb son of Jephunneh a portion among the sons of Judah—Kiriath-arba, that is, Hebron. (Arba was the forefather of Anak.)
Here: Caleb's father. Elsewhere he is called 'the Kenizzite' (Num 32:12; Josh 14:6, 14), so this clan came from outside Judah's main family line.
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Joshua 21:12 יְפֻנֶּ֖ה Jephunneh
But they had given the fields and villages around the city to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his possession.
1 Chronicles · 3
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1 Chronicles 4:15 יְפֻנֶּ֔ה Jephunneh
The sons of Caleb son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam. The son of Elah: Kenaz.
Here: Caleb's father. In Numbers and Joshua the name always comes with Caleb, and Caleb is called "the Kenizzite" (Numbers 32:12; Joshua 14:6, 14).
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1 Chronicles 6:56 יְפֻנֶּֽה׃ ס Jephunneh
But the fields and villages around the city were given to Caleb son of Jephunneh.
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1 Chronicles 7:38 יְפֻנֶּ֥ה Jephunneh
The sons of Jether: Jephunneh, Pispa, and Ara.
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