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•NODAB noble, probably a tribe descended from one of the sons of Ishmael, with whom the trans-Jordanic tribes made war (1 Chr.5:19).
•NOGAH splendour, one of David’s sons, born at Jerusalem (1 Chronicles 3:7).
•NOPH the Hebrew name of an Egyptian city (Isaiah 19:13; Jeremiah 2:16; 44:1; 46:14, 19; Ezekiel 30:13, 16). In Hos. 9:6 the Hebrew name is Moph, and is translated “Memphis,” which is its Greek and Latin form. It was one of the most ancient and important cities of Egypt, and stood a little to the south of the modern Cairo, on the western bank of the Nile. It was the capital of Lower Egypt. Among the ruins found at this place is a colossal statue of Rameses the Great. (See MEMPHIS.)
•NOPHAH blast, a city of Moab which was occupied by the Amorites (Numbers 21:30).
•NORTH COUNTRY a general name for the countries that lay north of Palestine. Most of the invading armies entered Palestine from the north (Isaiah 41:25; Jeremiah 1:14,15; 50:3,9,41; 51:48; Ezekiel 26:7).
•NORTHWARD (Hebrews tsaphon), a “hidden” or “dark place,” as opposed to the sunny south (Deuteronomy 3:27). A Hebrew in speaking of the points of the compass was considered as always having his face to the east, and hence “the left hand” (Genesis 14:15; Job 23:9) denotes the north. The “kingdoms of the north” are Chaldea, Assyria, Media, etc.