BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5199
ne.to.phah — Netophah
Netophah = "dropping" a town in Judah resettled by the exiles returning from Babylon with Zerubbabel Also named: ne.to.pha.ti (נְטֹפָתִי "Netophathite" H5200)
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5200
ne.to.pha.ti — Netophathite
Group of ne.to.phah (נְטֹפָה "Netophah" H5199) § Netophathite, of Netophath "dropping" an inhabitant of Netophah
10 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4121
ma.ha.ray — Maharai
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.23.28 § Maharai = "impetuous" an inhabitant of Netophah in the tribe of Judah and one of David's mighty warriors
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Distillation; dropping, a town in Judah, in the neighbourhood, probably, of Bethlehem (Neh. 7:26; 1 Chr. 2:54). Two of David’s guards were Netophathites (1 Chr. 27:13, 15). It has been identified with the ruins of Metoba, or Um Toba, to the north-east of Bethlehem.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
