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

ne-fush'-e-sim, ne-fish'-e-sim (nephushecim, nephishecim): The former is the Kethibh (Hebrew "written") form of the name adopted in the Revised Version (British and American); the latter the Qere (Hebrew "read") form adopted in the King James Version and the Revised Version margin (Ne 7:52).

See NAPHISH; NEPHISIM.