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(Heb. Nephusai', ðְôåּñַéí , so the marg.; but the text has Nephisim',
ðְôַéñַéí , expansions; Sept. Íåöïõóßì v.r. Íáöåéóώí ; Vulg. Naphusim), the head of a family of "Temple servants" who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel (Ezra 22:50). B.C. cir. 535. The parallel text (Neh_7:52) has (less correctly, it would seem) NEPHISHESIM (Heb. Nephishesim, ðְôַéùְׁñַéí , g marg.; but text has Nephushesim', ðְôåּùְׁñַéí ; Sept. ÍåöùóÜò , v.r. Íåöùóáóåß , Íåöùóáåßì , Íåöùóáóåßì ; Vulg. Naphussim). SEE NETHINIM.