Memphis
מֹףStrong’s H5297moph
Appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Moph is the Hebrew word usually translated “memphis” and “from memphis”. It appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament.
“The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Noph are deceived; they have also seduced Egypt, even they that are the stay of the tribes thereof.”
Meaning
- Memphis = "haven of the good"
How it's translated
- memphis 3
- and in memphis 1
- in memphis 1
- from memphis 1
- and memphis 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Jeremiah 4
- Ezekiel 2
- Isaiah 1
3 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Jeremiah 2:16Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of thy head.
- Jeremiah 44:1The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews which dwell in the land of Egypt, which dwell at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and at Noph, and in the country of Pathros, saying,
- Jeremiah 46:14Declare ye in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Noph and in Tahpanhes: say ye, Stand fast, and prepare thee; for the sword shall devour round about thee.
- Jeremiah 46:19O thou daughter dwelling in Egypt, furnish thyself to go into captivity: for Noph shall be waste and desolate without an inhabitant.
- Ezekiel 30:13Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also destroy the idols, and I will cause their images to cease out of Noph; and there shall be no more a prince of the land of Egypt: and I will put a fear in the land of Egypt.
- Ezekiel 30:16And I will set fire in Egypt: Sin shall have great pain, and No shall be rent asunder, and Noph shall have distresses daily.
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.