Noph in Easton's Bible Dictionary
the Hebrew name of an Egyptian city (Isa. 19:13; Jer.2:16;
44:1;
46:14, 19; Ezek. 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 -T0002478.)
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