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Nephushesim

נְפִישְׁסִים, נפיסיםStrong’s H5300

nephushsim (ne-phush-sim)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Nephushsim is the Hebrew word usually translated “nephissim”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“The children of Besai, the children of Meunim, the children of Nephishesim,”
Nehemiah 7:52 KJV
Meaning
  1. People descended from Nephus(?), first mentioned at Ezr.2.50; also called Nephisim (Qere, KJV, NIV: Nephussim) at Ezr.2.50
How it's translated
  • nephissim 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Nehemiah 1

1 book in all.

Explore in Scripture
    Hebrew dictionary

    נְפִישְׁסִים, נפיסים nephushsim · Nephushesim

    People descended from Nephus(?), first mentioned at Ezr.2.50; also called Nephisim (Qere, KJV, NIV: Nephussim) at Ezr.2.50; Also named: ne.phi.sim (נְפִיסִים "Nephisim" H5304) § Nephishesim or Nephusim = "refreshed of spices" a family of exiles who returned with Zerubbabel

    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.