Nᵉṭôphâh — H5199

Definition

locative proper noun

Netophah, a place in Palestine

1. Netophah = "dropping"
2. a town in Judah resettled by the exiles returning from Babylon with Zerubbabel

Usually translated as

Netophah

Origin

from H5197; distillation

• Derived from Nâṭaph (H5197)

Occurrences

Nᵉṭôphâh occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Ezra (1), Nehemiah (1)

• Ezra 2:22 — The men of Netophah (נְטֹפָ֖ה), fifty and six.
• Nehemiah 7:26 — The men of Beth-lehem and Netophah (וּנְטֹפָ֔ה), an hundred fourscore and eight.