Strong H5297נֹף, מֹף

Memphis

Transliteration: nôph
Pronunciation: nofe
Morphology: Proper Name of a Location with no gender

Definition

A variation of H4644; {Noph} the capital of Upper Egypt: - Noph.

Meaning of the name

Noph = "presentability"

Detailed definition

Memphis, an ancient Egyptian city mentioned in prophecies of judgment against Egypt (Isaiah 19:13; Jeremiah 2:16; 44:1; 46:14, 19; Ezekiel 30:13, 16; Hosea 9:6).

In the biblical story

Memphis

An important city in ancient Egypt

Memphis, an ancient Egyptian city mentioned in prophecies of judgment against Egypt (Isaiah 19:13; Jeremiah 2:16; 44:1; 46:14, 19; Ezekiel 30:13, 16; Hosea 9:6).

In the Bible

Strong H5297 appears in 7 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

noph7

First verses

Isaiah 19:13
The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Noph are deceived; they have also seduced Egypt, even they that are the stay of the tribes thereof.
Jeremiah 2:16
Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of thy head.
Jeremiah 44:1
The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews which dwell in the land of Egypt, which dwell at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and at Noph, and in the country of Pathros, saying,
Jeremiah 46:14
Declare ye in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Noph and in Tahpanhes: say ye, Stand fast, and prepare thee; for the sword shall devour round about thee.
Jeremiah 46:19
O thou daughter dwelling in Egypt, furnish thyself to go into captivity: for Noph shall be waste and desolate without an inhabitant.
Ezekiel 30:13
Thus saith the Lord God; I will also destroy the idols, and I will cause their images to cease out of Noph; and there shall be no more a prince of the land of Egypt: and I will put a fear in the land of Egypt.
Ezekiel 30:16
And I will set fire in Egypt: Sin shall have great pain, and No shall be rent asunder, and Noph shall have distresses daily.