Nephthys

Pronunciation: /ˈnɛfθɪs/

The English word “Nephthys” has 1 meaning listed here.

proper noun

An ancient Egyptian goddess, the wife of Set and sister of Isis, Osiris, and Set, worshiped as a protective goddess and nurse of the pharaoh and associated with funerary rites and the transition from life to death.

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Νέφθυς (Néphthus), from Egyptian nbt-ḥwt, O9 t:H8

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