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Easton's Bible Dictionary - Noph

Noph [N] [H] [S]

the Hebrew name of an Egyptian city ( Isaiah 19:13 ; ( Isaiah 44:1 ; Isaiah 46:14 Isaiah 46:19 ; Ezekiel 30:13 Ezekiel 30:16 ). In Hosea 9:6 the Hebrew name is Moph, and is translated "Memphis," which is its Greek and Latin form. It was one of the most ancient and important cities of Egypt, and stood a little to the south of the modern Cairo, on the western bank of the Nile. It was the capital of Lower Egypt. Among the ruins found at this place is a colossal statue of Rameses the Great. (See MEMPHIS .)

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M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition,
published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain, copy freely.
[N] indicates this entry was also found in Nave's Topical Bible
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[S] indicates this entry was also found in Smith's Bible Dictionary
Bibliography Information

Easton, Matthew George. "Entry for Noph". "Easton's Bible Dictionary". .

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary - Noph

Noph [N] [E] [S]

honeycomb; anything that distills or drops
Hitchcock's Dictionary of Bible Names. Public Domain. Copy freely.
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Bibliography Information

Hitchcock, Roswell D. "Entry for 'Noph'". "An Interpreting Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names". . New York, N.Y., 1869.

Smith's Bible Dictionary - Noph

Noph. [N] [E] [H]

[MEMPHIS]

[N] indicates this entry was also found in Nave's Topical Bible
[E] indicates this entry was also found in Easton's Bible Dictionary
[H] indicates this entry was also found in Hitchcock's Bible Names
Bibliography Information

Smith, William, Dr. "Entry for 'Noph'". "Smith's Bible Dictionary". . 1901.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Noph

NOPH

nof (noph; in Hosea 9:6 moph):

A name for the Egyptian city Memphis (so the Septuagint), hence, thus rendered in the Revised Version (British and American) (Isaiah 19:13; Jeremiah 2:16; 44:1; Ezekiel 30:13,16).

See MEMPHIS.

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Bibliography Information
Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'NOPH'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.