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Niphis

Niphis ni'-fis (Neipheis, Codex Alexandrinus Phineis; the King James Version Nephis): Given in Esdras 5:21 margin as equals "Magbish" of Ezr 2:30, whose sons are the same in number (156) as those of Niphis, bu...

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Niphis ni'-fis (Neipheis, Codex Alexandrinus Phineis; the King James Version Nephis): Given in Esdras 5:21 margin as equals "Magbish" of Ezr 2:30, whose sons are the same in number (156) as those of Niphis, but it would seem rather to be the equivalent of Nebo in 2:29.

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