JEPHUNNEH

je-fun'-e (yephunneh, meaning uncertain):

(1) Father of Caleb (Numbers 13:6; 14:6,30, etc.).

According to Numbers 13:6, he was of the tribe of Judah; according to Numbers 32:12; Joshua 14:6, a Kenizzite; the Kenizzites were incorporated in Judah (compare 1 Chronicles 4:13-15).

(2) A son of Jether, an Asherite (1 Chronicles 7:38).

From the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Edited by James Orr, published in 1939 by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.