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 Japho, 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.