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The Hebrew name of an Egyptian city (
Isaiah 19:13; (
Isaiah 44:1;
46:14,19;
Ezekiel 30:13,16 ). In
Hosea 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 .)
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These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain.
Bibliography Information
Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Noph'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/n/noph.html. 1897.