A Judge living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jdg.11.1;
son of: Gilead (H1568I)
Also named: Iephthae (Ἰεφθάε "Jephthah" G2422)
§ Jephthah or Jiphtah = "he opens"
1) a son of Gilead and a concubine and the judge who defeated the Ammonites; after the victory because of a vow taken before the battle he sacrificed his daughter as a burnt offering
2) a city in Judah