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Naphish

נָפִישׁStrong’s H5305

naphish (na-phish)

Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Naphish is the Hebrew word usually translated “naphish”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.

“Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah:”
Genesis 25:15 KJV
Meaning
  1. The next to last son of Ishmael
  2. An Arabian tribe
How it's translated
  • naphish 2
  • and naphish 1

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

Where it's used most
  • 1 Chronicles 2
  • Genesis 1

2 books in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

נָפִישׁ naphish · Naphish

A man of the Arabs living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.25.15; son of: Ishmael (H3458); brother of: Nebaioth (H5032), Kedar (H6938), Adbeel (H0110), Mibsam (H4017), Mishma (H4927), Dumah (H1746), Massa (H4854), Hadad (H2301), Tema (H8485), Jetur (H3195), Kedemah (H6929) and Mahalath (H4258) § Naphish or Nephish = "refreshment" 1) the next to last son of Ishmael 2) an Arabian tribe

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.