International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Naamathite

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Naamathite


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nā´-a-ma-thı̄t, nā́-am´-a-thı̄t (נעמתי, na‛ămāthı̄, “a dweller in Naaman”; ὁ Μ(ε)ιναίων βασιλεύς, ho M(e)inaı́ōn basileús): The description of Zophar, one of Job's friends (; ; , etc.). Naamah is too common a place-name to permit of the identification of Zophar's home; the Septuagint renders it as “king of the Minaeans.”