Jump to: Hitchcock's • Smith's • ATS • ISBE • Easton's • Concordance • Thesaurus • Hebrew • Library • Subtopics • Terms • Resources Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary Nophhoneycomb; anything that distills or drops Smith's Bible Dictionary Noph[MEMPHIS] ATS Bible Dictionary NophSometimes called also, in Hebrew, MOPH, Hosea 9:6, the ancient city of Memphis in Egypt. The ruins of it, though not to any great extent, are still found a few miles above Old Cairo, or Fostat, Isaiah 19:13 Jeremiah 2:16 44:1 Eze 30:13,16. Memphis was the residence of the ancient kings of Egypt till the times of the Ptolemies, who commonly resided at Alexandria. Here, it is supposed, Joseph was a prisoner and a ruler, and here Moses stood before Pharaoh. The prophets, in the places above referred to, foretell the miseries Memphis was to suffer from the kings of Chaldea and Persia; and threaten the Israelites who should retire into Egypt, or should have recourse to the Egyptians, that they should perish in that country. In this city they fed and worshipped the sacred bull Apis, the embodiment of their false god Osiris; and Ezekiel says, that the lord will destroy the idols of Memphis, Ezekiel 30:13,16. Memphis retained much of its splendor till it was conquered by the Arabians in the eighteenth or nineteenth year of the Hegira, A. D. 641; after which it was superseded as the metropolis of Egypt by Fostat, now Old Cairo, in the construction of which its materials were employed. The pyramids, in which its distinguished men were buried, still survive; but the magnificent city, that stretched along for many miles between them and the river, has almost wholly disappeared. Easton's Bible Dictionary The Hebrew name of an Egyptian city (Isaiah 19:13; Jeremiah 2:16; 44:1; 46:14, 19; Ezek. 30:13, 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.) International Standard Bible Encyclopedia NOPHnof (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; Jeremiah 44:1 Ezekiel 30:13, 16). Strong's Hebrew 5297. Noph -- a city in Egypt... 5296, 5297. Noph. 5298 . a city in Egypt. Transliteration: Noph Phonetic Spelling: (nofe) Short Definition: Memphis. Word ... Noph. A ... /hebrew/5297.htm - 6k 5131. noph -- elevation, height 4644. Moph -- ancient capital of Egypt 5316. Nepheth -- "height," a city belonging to Manasseh 5299b. naphah -- height Library His Earliest Oracles. (ii. 2-iv. 4. ) Chapter i. Index of Names and Subjects. Footnotes Thesaurus Noph (6 Occurrences)... (see MEMPHIS.). Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. NOPH. nof (noph... 16). See MEMPHIS. Multi-Version Concordance Noph (6 Occurrences). Isaiah ... /n/noph.htm - 9k Memphis (8 Occurrences) Tah'panhes (5 Occurrences) Egypt (596 Occurrences) Zo'an (7 Occurrences) Noose (3 Occurrences) Nophah (1 Occurrence) Unpeopled (38 Occurrences) Inhabitress (12 Occurrences) Idol (56 Occurrences) Resources Bible Concordance • Bible Dictionary • Bible Encyclopedia • Topical Bible • Bible ThesuarusConcordance Noph (6 Occurrences)Isaiah 19:13 Jeremiah 2:16 Jeremiah 44:1 Jeremiah 46:19 Ezekiel 30:13 Ezekiel 30:16 Subtopics Noph: Prophecy Against Jews In Related Terms |