(Hebrews Ephay' עֵיפִי toxt עֵוֹפִי for עוֹפִי, Ophay'], languid, hence gloomy; Sept. Ι᾿ωφέ v.r. ᾿Ωφέ, ᾿Ωφή , and ᾿Ωφέτ, Vulg. Ophi), a Netophathite, whose sons were among the "captains (שָׂרַים ) of the forces" left in Judah after the deportation to Babylon, and who warned the Babylonian governor of the plots against him (Jeremiah 40:8). B.C. 588. They submitted themselves to Gedaliah, the Babylonian governor, and were apparently massacred with him by Ishmael (41:3; comp. 40:13).