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(Hebrews Ephay' òֵéôִé toxt òֵåֹôִé for òåֹôִé , Ophay'], languid, hence gloomy; Sept. É᾿ùöÝ v.r. ᾿ÙöÝ , ᾿Ùöή , and ᾿ÙöÝô , Vulg. Ophi), a Netophathite, whose sons were among the "captains ( ùָׂøַéí ) of the forces" left in Judah after the deportation to Babylon, and who warned the Babylonian governor of the plots against him (Jer_40:8). B.C. 588. They submitted themselves to Gedaliah, the Babylonian governor, and were apparently massacred with him by Ishmael (41:3; comp. 40:13).