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noph


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [easton]: 
 
  Noph 
  the  Hebrew  name  of  an  Egyptian  city  (Isa.  19:13;  Jer.2:16;  44:1; 
  46:14,  19;  Ezek.  30:13,  16).  In  Hos.  9:6  the  Hebrew  name  is 
  Moph,  and  is  translated  "Memphis,"  which  is  its  Greek  and  Latin 
  form  It  was  one  of  the  most  ancient  and  important  cities  of 
  Egypt,  and  stood  a  little  to  the  south  of  the  modern  Cairo,  on 
  the  western  bank  of  the  Nile.  It  was  the  capital  of  Lower  Egypt. 
  Among  the  ruins  found  at  this  place  is  a  colossal  statue  of 
  Rameses  the  Great.  (See  {MEMPHIS}.) 
 
 
  From  Hitchcock's  Bible  Names  Dictionary  (late  1800's)  [hitchcock]: 
 
  Noph,  honeycomb;  anything  that  distills  or  drops