Σαμφουριν

Σαμφουριν indecl. Samphurin ἀπῆλθεν εἰς τ. χώραν Σαμφουριν ἐγγὺς τῆς ἐρήμου εἰς Ἐφραὶμ λεγομένην πόλιν J 11:54 D (cp. Josh 19:19 A ʼ Αφεραϊμ). S. Dalman, Orte u. Wege Jesus³ 1924, 233 [Eng. tr. 219]; RBrown, comm. ad loc. perhaps a corruption of שֵׁם אֶפְרַיִם ‘whose name is Ephraim’. On Sepphoris, which some consider the referent in the v.l., s. PECS 827f, w. lit.