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The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), general editor James Orr — public domain, printed whole.

kal'-fi (Chalphi; the King James Version Calphi): Father of Judas, who, along with Mattathias, steadily supported Jonathan at the battle of Gennesar when the hosts of Demetrius' princes were routed (1 Macc 11:70).