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NUN Beyond the fact that he was the father of Joshua nothing more is known of him (Exodus 33:11).

NUTS were among the presents Jacob sent into Egypt for the purpose of conciliating Joseph (Genesis 43:11). This was the fruit of the pistachio tree, which resembles the sumac. It is of the size of an olive. In Cant. 6:11 a different Hebrew word (‘egoz), which means “walnuts,” is used.

NYMPHAS nymph, saluted by Paul in his Epistle to the Colossians as a member of the church of Laodicea (Colossians 4:15).