Ephai

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EPHAI.—Described in Jer_40:8 (Gr 47:8) as ‘the Netophathite,’ whose sons were amongst the ‘captains of the forces’ who joined Gedaliah at Mizpah, and were murdered along with him by Ishmael (Jer_41:3).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909


EPHAI or OPHAI in the Ketib or original text (Jer_40:8; Jer_40:13). Ishmael kille these "captains of the forces" left in Judah with Gedaliah, the governor appointed by the Babylonians (Jer_41:3).
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.


E'pha-i. (gloomy). A Netophathite, whose sons were among the "captains of the forces," left in Judah, after the deportation to Babylon. Jer_40:8; Jer_41:3. Compare Jer_40:13. (B.C. 588).
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863


ē?fı̄, ē?fā̇-ı̄ (עיפי, ‛ēphay, in Ḳerē, עופי, ‛ōphai, in Kethı̄bh; Ἰωφέ, Iōphé, ̓Ωφέ, Ōphé, ?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 Jer_41:3).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.


Ephai
(Hebrews Ephay' עֵיפִיtoxt עֵוֹפִיfor עוֹפִי, Ophay'], languid, hence gloomy; Sept. Ι᾿ωφέ v.r. ᾿Ωφέ, ᾿Ωφή, and ᾿Ωφέτ, Vulg. Ophi), a Netophathite, whose sons were among the "captains (שָׂרַים) of the forces" left in Judah after the deportation to Babylon, and who warned the Babylonian governor of the plots against him (Jer_40:8). B.C. 588. They submitted themselves to Gedaliah, the Babylonian governor, and were apparently massacred with him by Ishmael (41:3; comp. 40:13).

CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.





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