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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia · 1915

Niphis

ni'-fis (Neipheis, Codex Alexandrinus Phineis; the King James Version Nephis):

Given in 1 Esdras 5:21 margin as equals "Magbish" of Ezra 2:30, whose sons are the same in number (156) as those of Niphis, but it would seem rather to be the equivalent of Nebo in 2:29.

The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, James Orr, general editor (Chicago: Howard-Severance, 1915). Public domain. Text as published by biblestudytools.com. From the Encyclosphere, the open network of encyclopedias run by the Knowledge Standards Foundation. Changed for Deep Dive Bible: links to 1, 2, and 3 John that our source pointed at the Gospel of John corrected; our source’s section marks set as headings.