Usually means: Biblical judge, made tragic vow.
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General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. Jephthah: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. Jephthah: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. Jephthah: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Jephthah: Wordnik
  5. Jephthah: Wiktionary
  6. Jephthah: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. Jephthah: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. Jephthah: Dictionary.com
  9. Jephthah: Online Etymology Dictionary
  10. Jephthah: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Jephthah: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Jephthah: Encyclopedia

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  1. baby names list (No longer online)

Religion (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Jephthah: Easton Bible
  2. Jephthah: Smith's Bible Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Jephthah)

▸ noun:  A male given name from Hebrew.
▸ noun:  A judge described in the Book of Judges of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.

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Jehoshaphat, Japheth, Jethro, Judah, Joshua, Yehuda, Zephaniah, jehu, Josiah, Judas, more...
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Jehoshaphat, Japheth, Jethro, Judah, Joshua, Yehuda, Zephaniah, jehu, Josiah, Judas, more...



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