People descended from Nephus(?), first mentioned at Ezr.2.50; also called Nephisim (Qere, KJV, NIV: Nephussim) at Ezr.2.50;
Also named: ne.phi.sim (נְפִיסִים "Nephisim" H5304)
§ Nephishesim or Nephusim = "refreshed of spices"
a family of exiles who returned with Zerubbabel