Joppa

Name means “beauty; comeliness”Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary: “Joppa, beauty; comeliness”

Modern location: Jaffa, Israel

First named: Joshua 19:46

City Canaan Israel Apostolic

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A coastal port town where Peter raised the disciple Tabitha (Dorcas) from the dead and later, staying with Simon the tanner, received the rooftop vision opening the gospel to Gentiles (Acts 9:36-43; 10:9-23).

References: Joshua 19:46

People connected to Joppa

Simon (M) — the tanner in whose house by the sea Peter lodged and saw the vision of the sheet
Acts 10:6; Acts 10:9-16
Tabitha (F) — a disciple full of good works whom Peter raised from the dead here
Acts 9:36-41

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