Beth-le-aphrah
בֵּית לְעַפְרָהStrong’s H6084bet leaphrah (bet le-aph-rah)
Appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Bet leaphrah is the Hebrew word usually translated “ophrah” and “ophrah towards”. It appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Avim, and Parah, and Ophrah,”
Meaning
- Bethel-aphrah = "house belonging to Aphrah" or "house to (i.e.
- Hapharaim = "two pits"
- A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.4.14
How it's translated
- in ophrah 4
- ophrah 2
- and ophrah 1
- ophrah towards 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Judges 5
- Joshua 1
- 1 Samuel 1
- 1 Chronicles 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Judges 6:11And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites.
- Judges 6:24Then Gideon built an altar there unto the LORD, and called it Jehovahshalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
- Judges 8:27And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and all Israel went thither a whoring after it: which thing became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house.
- Judges 8:32And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
- Judges 9:5And he went unto his father’s house at Ophrah, and slew his brethren the sons of Jerubbaal, being threescore and ten persons, upon one stone: notwithstanding yet Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left; for he hid himself.
- 1 Samuel 13:17And the spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned unto the way that leadeth to Ophrah, unto the land of Shual:
Hebrew dictionary
בֵּית לְעַפְרָה bet leaphrah · Beth-le-aphrah
Bethel-aphrah = "house belonging to Aphrah" or "house to (i.e. of) dust" a Philistine city Another name of oph.rah (עׇפְרָה "Ophrah" H6084G)
חֲפָרַיִם chapharayim · Hapharaim
Hapharaim = "two pits" a place in Issachar Another name of oph.rah (עׇפְרָה "Ophrah" H6084H)
עׇפְרָה ophrah · Ophrah
A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.4.14; son of: Meonothai (H4587) § Ophrah = "fawn" a Judaite, son of Meonothai
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.