Ophir
אוֹפִירStrong’s H0211ophir (o-phir)
Appears in 12 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Ophir is the Hebrew word usually translated “ophir”, “ophir towards” and “from ophir”. It appears in 12 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan.”
Meaning
- Eleventh son of Joktan
- A land or city in southern Arabia in Solomon's trade route where gold evidently was traded for goods
- Characteristic of fine gold
- Fine gold
- § Ophir = "reducing to ashes"
How it's translated
- ophir 6
- ophir towards 3
- from ophir 3
- gold of ophir 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Kings 3
- 1 Chronicles 2
- 2 Chronicles 2
- Job 2
- Genesis 1
- Psalms 1
7 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Kings 9:28And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.
- 1 Kings 10:11And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees, and precious stones.
- 1 Kings 22:48Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Eziongeber.
- 1 Chronicles 1:23And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.
- 1 Chronicles 29:4Even three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the houses withal:
- 2 Chronicles 8:18And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and took thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon.
Hebrew dictionary
אוֹפִיר ophir · Ophir
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.29; son of: Joktan (H3355); brother of: Almodad (H0486), Sheleph (H8026), Hazarmaveth (H2700), Jerah (H3392), Hadoram (H1913A), Uzal (H0187), Diklah (H1853), Obal (H5745), Abimael (H0039), Sheba (H7614H), Havilah (H2341I) and Jobab (H3103) § Ophir = "reducing to ashes" 1) eleventh son of Joktan 2) a land or city in southern Arabia in Solomon's trade route where gold evidently was traded for goods 3) characteristic of fine gold 4) fine gold
אוֹפִיר ophir · Ophir
§ Ophir = "reducing to ashes" a land or city in southern Arabia in Solomon's trade route where gold evidently was traded for goods
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.