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Riphath

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Easton's 1897Smith's 1863ISBE 19152 verse references

Easton's 1897

A crusher, Gomer’s second son (Gen. 10:3), supposed to have been the ancestor of the Paphlagonians.

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · public domain

Smith's 1863

(spoken), the second son of Gomer. (Genesis 10:3) The name may be identified with the Rhipaean mountains, i.e. the Carpathian range in the northeast of Dacia.

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863) · public domain

ISBE 1915

ri'-fath (riphath): A son of Gomer, the eldest son of Japhet (Ge 10:3; 1Ch 1:6, where Massoretic Text and the Revised Version (British and American) read DIPHATH (which see)). Josephus (Ant., I, vi, 1) identifies the Ripheans with the Paphlagonians, through whose country on the Black Sea ran the river "Rhebas" (Pliny, NH, vi.4).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · public domain

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