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Jephthah
Boy NameBiblical Origin
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Means "he opens" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament this name belongs to a ruling judge. He successfull
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Jephthah
Jephthah (pronounced ; , Yīftāḥ), appears in the Book of Judges as a judge who presided over Israel for a period of six years ().
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