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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
(gloomy). His sons were captains left behind in
Judah
(
Jer. 40:8
8
Then they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men. (Jeremiah 40:8)
).
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
A
Netophathite
, whose sons were left in the land at the
captivity
. They apparently were slain with
Gedaliah
by
Ishmael
(
Jer. 40:8
8
Then they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men. (Jeremiah 40:8)
).
Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Number:
5778
(
find all occurrences in KJV Bible
)
Transliteration:
`Owphay
Phonic:
o-fah’-ee
Meaning:
from
5775
; birdlike; Ephai, an Israelite
KJV Usage:
Ephai (from margin)
Jackson’s
Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names
:
my coverings: my shadows: my fowls
Potts’
Bible Proper Names
:
Weariness of God; languid:―a Netophathite, Jer. 40:8. {Defatigatio Dei}