Ἰόππη G2445
Joppa — the Mediterranean port city (modern Jaffa/Yafo) central to the Cornelius conversion narrative
The proper noun Ἰόππη (Ioppe) designates Joppa, the ancient Mediterranean port city on the coast of Palestine (modern Jaffa/Yafo, now part of Tel Aviv). All ten NT occurrences fall within Acts 9-11, anchoring two pivotal narratives: the raising of Tabitha/Dorcas (Acts 9:36-43) and the conversion of Cornelius. Peter resides in Joppa at the house of Simon the tanner and there receives his vision of the sheet with unclean animals (Acts 10:5-8, 32; 11:5, 13). Joppa thus becomes the geographic hinge where the gospel first opens to the Gentiles. Spanish 'Jope,' Arabic يَافَا, Hindi याफा, and Korean 욥바 all preserve the ancient name.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The Mediterranean port city of Joppa (modern Jaffa/Yafo), located on the Palestinian coast. In Acts it serves as the setting for Peter's miracle of raising Tabitha from death (Acts 9:36-43), his stay with Simon the tanner (Acts 9:43; 10:6, 32), and his rooftop vision that declared all foods clean (Acts 10:5-8; 11:5, 13). Joppa functions as the geographic and narrative bridge between the Jewish and Gentile missions, since from here Peter departs for Cornelius's house in Caesarea. The city was already known from the OT as Jonah's port of departure (Jonah 1:3). 10×
AR["يَافَا"]·ben["যাফায়","যাফার"]·DE["Joppe"]·EN["Ioppe"]·FR["Joppé"]·heb["יָפוֹ"]·HI["याप्पा","याफा"]·ID["Yope"]·IT["Ioppe"]·jav["Yopa","Yopa,","Yopa."]·KO["욕바-로","욕바-로부터","욕바-에","욕바-에서","욥바에"]·PT["Jope"]·RU["Иоппии","Иоппию"]·ES["Ióppē"]·SW["Yopa","Yopa,","Yopa."]·TR["Yaffa'da","Yaffa'dan","Yaffa'nın","Yaffa'ya"]·urd["یافا"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
Ἰόππη (FlJ, id., and also Ἰόπη), -ης, ἡ, (Heb. יָפוֹ), Joppa: Act.9:1-43 10:1-48 11:1-30.† (From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)