(John),** a learned Polish naturalist and physician, born in 1603. He travelled all over Europe, and procured esteem everywhere by his knowledge; afterward he bought the estate of Ziebenendorf in the duchy of Lignitz in Silesia, where he spent the remainder of his days. He wrote a natural history of birds, fish, quadrupeds, insects, serpents, and dragons, in folio; a piece upon the Hebrew and Greek festivals, a thaumatography, and some poems. He died in 1675.

**JOPPA,** a sea-port town in Palestine, lying south of Caesarea; and anciently the only port to Jerusalem, whence all the materials sent from Tyre towards the building of Solomon's temple were brought hither and landed, (2 Chr. ii. 16.) It is said to have been built by Japhet, and from him to have taken its name Japbo, afterwards moulded into Joppa; and the very heathen geographers speak of it as built before the flood. It is now called Jaffa, somewhat nearer to its first appellation, and is but in a poor and mean condition.

**JOR,** the Hebrew for a river, which, joined with Dan, concurs to form the term Jordan. See Dan.