Encyclopedia of The Bible – Sophereth
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Sophereth

SOPHERETH sŏf’ ə rĕth (סﯴפֶ֖רֶת). The head of a family of Nethinim who returned from the Babylonian Exile with Zerubbabel (Neh 7:57; Ezra 2:55 KJV; ASV, RSV HASSOPHERETH; 1 Esd 5:33 KJV AZAPHION).