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Zophar
the name means Chirping Easton's Bible Dictionary
Zophar the Naamathite was one of Job's three friends who came to comfort him during his affliction.
From Easton's Bible Dictionary
Chirping, one of Job's friends who came to condole with him in his distress (Job 2:11. The LXX. render here "king of the Mineans" = Ma'in, Maonites, Judg. 10:12, in Southern Arabia). He is called a Naamathite, or an inhabitant of some unknown place called Naamah.
Easton's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, 1897 — public domain, quoted in full and unedited.
First named at Job 2:11.
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Verses that name Zophar
- Job 2:11 Now when Job’s three friends—Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite—heard about all this adversity that had come upon him, each of them came from his home, and they met together to go and sympathize with Job and comfort him.
- Job 11:1 Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:
- Job 20:1 Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:
- Job 42:9 So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as the LORD had told them; and the LORD accepted Job’s prayer.