How many times is Jephthah mentioned in the Bible?
The word Jephthah appears 29 times in the King James Version, in 25 verses. It is found in 2 of the 66 books. The World English Bible uses Jephthah 30 times.
Jephthah in the King James Version and the World English Bible
Each form of Jephthah counted in each translation.
| Form | KJV | WEB |
|---|---|---|
| Jephthah | 29 | 30 |
| Total | 29 | 30 |
First and last mention of Jephthah
Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he was the son of an harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah.
And the LORD sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and ye dwelled safe.
The verse that uses it most is Judges 11:1, 2 times (tied with Judges 11:3, Judges 11:11, Judges 12:7):
Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he was the son of an harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah.
Where the two translations differ
0 verses match in the KJV but not in the World English Bible, and 1 verse matches only in the World English Bible, usually because the other translation chose a different word there.
Hebrews 11:32: counted in the World English Bible only
And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets:
What more shall I say? For the time would fail me if I told of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets;
Common questions
How many times is Jephthah in the Old Testament and the New Testament?
In the King James Version, counting every form, 29 of the 29 uses are in the Old Testament and 0 in the New Testament. Jephthah appears in 2 books of the 66 in the King James Version. Judges has the most (28), then 1 Samuel (1).
Where is Jephthah first mentioned in the Bible?
The first use in the King James Version is Judges 11:1: "Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he was the son of an harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah." The last is 1 Samuel 12:11.
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Counted by Bible Says About from the full public-domain text of the King James Version (1769 edition) and the World English Bible. Verse text only: headings and psalm titles are left out. A word is a run of letters: a hyphenated name like Beer-sheba counts as two, and an apostrophe stays inside its word (LORD'S is one). Matching ignores capital letters. Data compiled 2026-10-22.