Ophel
עֹ֫פֶלStrong’s H6077ophel (o-phel)
Appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Ophel is the Hebrew word usually translated “ophel” and “on ophel”. It appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
“He built the high gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.”
Meaning
- § Ophel = "hill"
How it's translated
- ophel 2
- on ophel 2
- the ophel 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Nehemiah 3
- 2 Chronicles 2
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Chronicles 33:14Now after this he built a wall without the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entering in at the fish gate, and compassed about Ophel, and raised it up a very great height, and put captains of war in all the fenced cities of Judah.
- Nehemiah 3:26Moreover the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel, unto the place over against the water gate toward the east, and the tower that lieth out.
- Nehemiah 3:27After them the Tekoites repaired another piece, over against the great tower that lieth out, even unto the wall of Ophel.
- Nehemiah 11:21But the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel: and Ziha and Gispa were over the Nethinims.
Hebrew dictionary
עֹ֫פֶל ophel · Ophel
§ Ophel = "hill" a ridge of hills in Jerusalem, fortified for defense of the city
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.