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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Sophereth:

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International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Sophereth:

so-fe'-reth, sof'-e-reth, so'-fe-reth (cophereth): One of the remnant returning from captivity (Ezr 2:55 the King James Version; Ne 7:57). In the Revised Version (British and American) of Ezr 2:55 it is "Hassophereth," the definite article being transliterated.

Nave's Topical Bible

Sophereth: A Servant of Solomon

Whose descendants returned from Babylonian captivity to Jerusalem,

Ezr 2:55; Neh 7:57.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Sophereth:

(writing). "The children of Sophereth" were a family who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel among the descendants of Solomon's servants (Ezra 2:55; Nehemiah 7:57). (B.C. before 536)