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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
SOPHERETH.A family of Nethinim, Neh_7:67 = Ezr_2:55 Hassophereth, 1Es_5:33 Assaphioth.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
Soph'ereth. (writing). "The children of Sophereth" were a family, who returned from Babylon, with Zerubbabe, l among the descendants of Solomon's servants. Ezr_2:55; Neh_7:57. (B.C. before 536).
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
sṓ-fē?reth, sof?ḗ-reth, sō?fḗ-reth (ספרת, ṣōphereth): One of the remnant returning from captivity (Ezr_2:55 the King James Version; Neh_7:57). In the Revised Version (British and American) of Ezr_2:55 it is ?Hassophereth,? the definite article being transliterated.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
(Heb. id. סֹפֵרֶת, writing; Sept. Σεφηρά, Σαφαράτ, v.r. Ασεφοράθ, Σαφαράθ), one whose children were a family that returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel among the descendants of Solomon's servants (Ezr_2:55; Neh_7:57). B.C. ante 536.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.