Places in the Bible Today:

Nephtoah

Data

Translated NamesNephtoah, Waters of Nephtoah
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1 Identification

  1. Lifta (modern): 75% confidence
    1. recent ruins at LiftaLifta

Verses (2)

Josh 15:9, 18:15

Linked Data Identifiers

SourceIdentifier
Biblemapper.com718
Logos FactbookNephtoah
OpenBible.info (2007)Nephtoah
OpenBible.infoac1fef1 (Nephtoah)
TIPNRNephtoah@Jos.15.9
UBS Names Databaseot ID_2002
WikidataQ2599091

Sources

  1. Aharoni, Land of the Bible (1979): page 440
  2. Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary (1992): Nephtoah (place)
  3. Baker Illustrated Bible Dictionary (2013): Nephtoah
  4. Baly, Atlas of the Biblical World (1971): Nephtoah
  5. Baly, The Geography of the Bible (1974): page 178
  6. Carta Bible Atlas, 5th Edition (2011)
  7. Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000): Nephtoah
  8. ESV Bible Atlas (2010)
  9. Grollenberg, Atlas of the Bible (1957): Nephtoah (Waters of)
  10. HarperCollins Bible Dictionary (2011): Nephtoah
  11. Hess, Joshua (1996): table 10
  12. Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary (2003)
  13. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1979): Nephtoah
  14. IVP Old Testament Bible Background Commentary (2000): Josh 15:5b-11
  15. McKinny, Historical Geography of the Administrative Division of Judah (2014): page 63
  16. Monson, Regions on the Run (2009): map 7
  17. New Bible Dictionary (1996): Nephtoah
  18. New Interpreter’s Bible Dictionary (2009)
  19. Reader’s Digest Atlas of the Bible (1981): Nephtoah
  20. Tyndale Bible Dictionary (2001): Nephtoah, Waters of
  21. Tübingen Bible Atlas (2001): Nephto
  22. Woudstra, Joshua (1981): 15:9-11
  23. Wycliffe Bible Encyclopedia (1975): Nephtoah, Waters of
  24. Zondervan Atlas of the Bible (2010)
  25. Zondervan Encyclopedia of the Bible (2010)
  26. Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary (2009): Josh 15:5

Confidence Trends over Time

This chart indicates how confidence in the identification is changing over time. Each dot (connected by a dotted line) reflects the confidence of an identification over the preceding ten years (e.g., the 2009 dot reflects scholarship from 2000 to 2009), and the corresponding solid line reflects a best-fit line for the identification. Confidences that cluster near or below 0% indicate low confidence. Because of the small dataset, it's best to use this chart for general trends; if one identification is trending much higher than the others, for example, then you can probably have higher confidence in the identification. This chart only reflects the sources I consulted (listed above), not an exhaustive review of the literature.

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Ester Inbar

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This page attempts to identify all the possible locations where this biblical place could be. The confidence levels add up to less than 100%, indicating that the modern location is uncertain.