Nephi

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( Νεφθαεί v.r. Νεφθάς ; Vulg. Nephi), the name given by many ( Παρὰ Τοῖς Πολλοῖς ) to the substance otherwise called ( 2 Maccabees 1:36) Naphthar (q.v.).