נָפִישׁNâphîysh

proper name, masculine: son of Ishmael (Genesis 25:15; 1 Chronicles 1:31; 1 Chronicles 5:19)

Pronunciation: naw-feesh' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5305

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 3 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 25:15 Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.
  • 1 Chronicles 1:31 Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These were the sons of Ishmael.
  • 1 Chronicles 5:19 They waged war against the Hagrites, the Jeturites, the Naphishites, and the Nodabites.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).