Ἰεφθής

Ἰεφθής • (Iephthḗs) m (genitive Ἰεφθοῦ); first declension

1. alternative form of Ἰεφθάε (Iephtháe)
   • 93 CE – 94 CE, Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews 5.257:

     ἦν δέ τις Ἰεφθὴς ἀνὴρ διὰ τὴν πατρῴαν ἀρετὴν δυνατὸς καὶ δι᾽ οἰκείαν αὐτοῦ στρατιὰν ἣν ἔτρεφεν αὐτὸς μισθοφόρων

     ên dé tis Iephthḕs anḕr dià tḕn patrōían aretḕn dunatòs kaì di’ oikeían autoû stratiàn hḕn étrephen autòs misthophórōn

     • Translation by William Whiston

       Now there was one whose name was Jephtha, who, both on account of his father's virtue, and on account of that army which he maintained at his own expenses