Niphis

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Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [1]

Niphis ( 1Es 5:21 ) perhaps = Magbish in   Ezra 2:30 .

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [2]

nı̄´fis ( Νειφείς , Neipheı́s , Codex Alexandrinus Φινείς , Phineı́s  ; the King James Version Nephis ): Given in 1 Esdras 5:21 margin as = "Magbish" of   Ezra 2:30 , whose sons are the same in number (156) as those of Niphis, but it would seem rather to be the equivalent of Nebo in  Ezra 2:29 .

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