# Joppa

Judea · today Jaffa

The port where Peter raises Tabitha and has the vision of the unclean animals, which is what prepares him for the house of Cornelius.

## Ancient names

- Yȧfo: Biblical Hebrew
- Ἰόππη (Ioppe): Greek
- Ἰόπη (Iope): Greek
- Jappû: Akkadian
- ypy: Phoenician

Source: Pleiades, CC BY 3.0 (https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/687931).

Photo: https://scriptoria.digital/_fotos/ibf00bb.jpg (Godot13, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ISR-2013-Aerial-Jaffa-Port_of_Jaffa.jpg).

## Passages

- **Joshua 19:46** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/joshua/19/46
- **2 Chronicles 2:16** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-chronicles/2/16
- **Ezra 3:7** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezra/3/7
- **Jonah 1:3** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jonah/1/3
- **Acts 9:36-43** (event) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/9/36
- **Acts 9:36** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/9/36
- **Acts 9:38** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/9/38
- **Acts 9:42-43** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/9/42
- **Acts 10:5** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/10/5
- **Acts 10:8** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/10/8
- **Acts 10:23** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/10/23
- **Acts 10:32** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/10/32
- **Acts 11:5** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/11/5
- **Acts 11:13** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/11/13

## Coordinates

32.0545, 34.7530

## Straight-line distances

- **Lod**: about 11 mi (18 km) in a straight line, a day on foot
- **Caesarea**: about 32 mi (51 km) in a straight line, 3 days on foot
- **Tyre**: about 88 mi (140 km) in a straight line, 7 days on foot
- **Sidon**: about 110 mi (180 km) in a straight line, 8 days on foot
- **Jerusalem**: about 34 mi (55 km) in a straight line, 3 days on foot

## In the reference maps

- **Israel and Judah**: The two kingdoms: Israel until 722, Judah until 586 BC. https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/maps/israel-e-juda

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/joppa
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- Text license: Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).