Riphath
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Riphath - "a crusher", Gomer
's second son (Gen. 10:3, 1 Chronicles 1:6), supposed by Josephus
to have been the ancestor of the Paphlagonia. Pliny calls Riphath "Riphaci", and mentions a group of mountains named after him, the Riphaean range. Melo calls him "Riphaces", and Solinus "Piphlataci".
Some Irish
traditions say Riphath is the ancestor of the Celts. It is also thought that Riphath may have lived among his brother. His last name would be Redpath, Ridpath or Reidpath, or an alternate spelling would be Diphath (In Hebrew, Ds and Rs are often confused with each other because of orthographic similarity).
Gomer
Gomer was the son of Japheth in the Hebrew Bible.Gomer may also refer to:*Gomer *GOMER , in medical slang, an undesirable patient*Gomer Press, a printing and publishing company in Wales...
's second son (Gen. 10:3, 1 Chronicles 1:6), supposed by Josephus
Josephus
Titus Flavius Josephus , also called Joseph ben Matityahu , was a 1st-century Romano-Jewish historian and hagiographer of priestly and royal ancestry who recorded Jewish history, with special emphasis on the 1st century AD and the First Jewish–Roman War, which resulted in the Destruction of...
to have been the ancestor of the Paphlagonia. Pliny calls Riphath "Riphaci", and mentions a group of mountains named after him, the Riphaean range. Melo calls him "Riphaces", and Solinus "Piphlataci".
Some Irish
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
traditions say Riphath is the ancestor of the Celts. It is also thought that Riphath may have lived among his brother. His last name would be Redpath, Ridpath or Reidpath, or an alternate spelling would be Diphath (In Hebrew, Ds and Rs are often confused with each other because of orthographic similarity).