Joppa

[ jop-uh ]

noun

1. ancient name of Jaffa.

Joppa

/ ˈdʒɒpə /

noun

1. the biblical name of Jaffa, the port from which Jonah embarked (Jonah 1:3)

Example Sentences

Leaving Afghanistan for good, Joppa-Hagemann said, is the only thing that will really help.

From The Daily Beast

He also saw a counselor for alcohol abuse but the Army told him he needed to do that on his own time, Joppa-Hagemann said.

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Then Joppa,617 where the coast of Egypt, which at first stretches towards the east, makes a remarkable bend towards the north.

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By the seventh day the yacht was off the Palestine coast, and Joppa, seated on her cliffs, appeared over a foaming roadstead.

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Some of our people from Joppa afterwards took three of the ships we had seen, and enriched themselves with their spoils.

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The pilgrims answered, that they would attend his orders at Joppa, promising to be obedient to him in all things, even unto death.

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On the Sabbath after their wending he preached from the text, "Send men to Joppa."

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