Memphis
מֹףStrong’s H4644moph
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Moph is the Hebrew word usually translated “memphis”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“For, lo, they are gone because of destruction: Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them: the pleasant places for their silver, nettles shall possess them: thorns shall be in their tabernacles.”
Meaning
- Memphis = "haven of the good"
How it's translated
- memphis 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Hosea 1
1 book in all.
Related words
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Hebrew dictionary
מֹף moph · Memphis
Memphis = "haven of the good" a capital of Lower Egypt located on the western bank of the Nile about 9 miles (15 km) south of Cairo Another spelling of noph (נֹף, מֹף "Memphis" H5297)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.