NOPH
the Hebrew name of an Egyptian city (Isa. 19:13; Jer.2:16;44:1;46:14, 46: 19; Ezek. 30:13, Ezek. 30: 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 ......
NOPHAH
blast, a city of Moab which was occupied by the Amorites (Num. 21:30). ......