Names That Mean Sets
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Updated Thu Nov 30 2023
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- Jephthah
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HebrewMeaning:
"he opens"Description:
The name of an important figure in the Book of Judges, a judge from Gilead who helped the Israelites defeat the hated Ammonites. Jephthah and its various derivative spellings have seldom been used as first names since Biblical times, but that may change going forward, thanks to Duck Dynasty castmember Jules Jeptha "Jep" Robertson.
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