HOW TO PRONOUNCE
nephthys
/ˈnɛfθɪs/
IPA accent not specified by source
Press play to hear how to pronounce nephthys.
American Pronunciation Guide · 0:47
Watch on YouTube ↗
Watch on YouTube ↗
What does nephthys mean?
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.
Definitions regrouped for readability · CC BY-SA 4.0
IPA pronunciation
/ˈnɛfθɪs/
Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗Pronunciation varies by speaker and region. About these dictionary pronunciations.
In the pages of books
See this word in context.
The Ennead combined the older solar elements with the cult of Osiris, and this is indicated in the myth by a break in the successive generations, Nut bringing forth at a single birth the five chief gods of the Osiris cycle, Osiris himself and his son Horus, with Set, Isis, and Nephthys.