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Ephai
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a man from Netophah whose sons were leaders under Gedaliah
Hebrew
Strongs #05778: ypwe `Owphay
Ephai = "gloomy"1) a Netophathite, whose sons were among the captains of the forces
left in Judah after the deportation to Babylon
5778 `Owphay o-fah'-ee
from 5775; birdlike; Ephai, an Israelite:-Ephai (frommargin).
see HEBREW for 05775
Ephai [NAVE]
EPHAI, an Israelite, Jer. 40:8.EPHAI [SMITH]
(gloomy), a Netophathite, whose sons were among the "captains of the forces" left in Judah after the deportation to Babylon. (Jeremiah 40:8; 41:3) comp. Jere 40:13 (B.C. 588.)EPHAI [ISBE]
EPHAI - e'-fi, e'-fa-i (`ephay, in Qere, `ophai, in Kethibh; Iophe, Ophe, "gloomy," "obscuring," in the Septuagint, Septuagint): "The Netophathite," whose sons were numbered among "the captains of the forces" left in Judah after the carrying away to Babylon (Jer 40 ([LXX 47) 8). His sons assembled at Mizpah with Gedaliah, governor of the scattered Jews, and with him were slain by Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah (Jet 41:3).