Given name
Ishpah
“jasper”·“guiding fire at the edge”
Ishpah is a biblical masculine given name, meaning “jasper.”
Original Hebrewישפה
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Ishpah means “jasper” or “guiding fire at the edge.”
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Where it comes from
Ishpah is a biblical name from Hebrew.
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How it developed
From the Hebrew verb shapa (שפה), “to sweep, shave bare or establish a border by means of beacon fires.”
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In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Ishpah appears in 1 Chronicles 8:16.
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Ishpah’s family of names
See also 7
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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Ithra
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Ilìa
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Ísmael
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Ithran
“excellent” · “abundance”
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Ibsam
“he will smell sweetly” · “perfumer”
>99% boys