Strong H5300נְפִישְׁסִים, נפיסים

Nephushesim

Transliteration: nephûshsîym
Pronunciation: nef-oo-shes-eem'
Morphology: Proper Name Title (ie not the name of a person or place)

Definition

For H5304; {Nephushesim} a Temple Servant: - Nephisesim [from the margin].

Meaning of the name

Nephishesim or Nephusim = "refreshed of spices"

Detailed definition

People descended from Nephus(?), first mentioned at Ezr.2.50; also called Nephisim (Qere, KJV, NIV: Nephussim) at Ezr.2.50;
Also named: ne.phi.sim (נְפִיסִים "Nephisim" H5304)

In the biblical story

Nephushesim

Family of temple servants who returned from exile.

The Nephushesim (or Nephisim) were a family of temple servants who returned to Jerusalem from Babylonian captivity.

In the Bible

Strong H5300 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

nephishesim1
nephusim1

First verses

Ezra 2:50
The children of Asnah, the children of Mehunim, the children of Nephusim,
Nehemiah 7:52
The children of Besai, the children of Meunim, the children of Nephishesim,