Dictionaries :: Ephai

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Ephai:

e'-fi, e'-fa-i (‘ephay, in Qere, ‘ophai, in Kethibh; Iophe, Ophe, "gloomy," "obscuring," in the Septuagint, Septuagint):

"The Netophathite," whose sons were numbered among "the captains of the forces" left in Judah after the carrying away to Babylon (Jer 40 Jer 47). His sons assembled at Mizpah with Gedaliah, governor of the scattered Jews, and with him were slain by Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah (Jer 41:3).

Nave's Topical Bible

Ephai: An Israelite

Jer 40:8

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Ephai:

(gloomy) a Netophathite, whose sons were among the "captains of the forces" left in Judah after the deportation to Babylon (Jeremiah 40:8; 41:3; compare Jeremiah 40:13). (B.C. 588)