{"def":{"lit":"beautiful","short":"Joppe (i.e., Japho), a place in Palestine","long":["Joppa, a city of Palestine on the Mediterranean, lying on the border of the tribes of Dan and Ephraim"]},"deriv":"of Hebrew origin (H3305)","pronun":{"ipa":"iˈop.pe","ipa_mod":"iˈowp.pe̞","sbl":"ioppē","dic":"ee-OPE-pay","dic_mod":"ee-OPE-pay"},"see":["H3305"],"comment":"It was subject to the Jews from the times of the Maccabees. It had a famous but dangerous port and carried on a flourishing trade. It is now called Jaffa."}