6084. Ophrah

Lexicon

Ophrah: Ophrah

Original Word: עָפְרָה
Part of Speech: proper name; location; person, masculine
Transliteration: `Ophrah
Pronunciation: OH-frah
Phonetic Spelling: (of-raw')
Definition: Ophrah
Meaning: Ophrah

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Ophrah

Feminine of opher; female fawn; Ophrah, the name of an Israelite and of two places in Palestine -- Ophrah.

see HEBREW opher

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from the same as opher
Definition
an Isr., also two places in Isr.
NASB Translation
Ophrah (8).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

עָפְרָה proper name

1. location: a. in Benjamin Joshua 18:23 (P), Αφαρ, etc.; 1 Samuel 13:7 Γοφερα; probably = עֶפְרוֺן

2 and אֶפְרַיִם

6; perhaps modern e‰-ˆayyibeh, approximately 4 miles northeast from Bethel, compare GASm^{Geogr. 252} Buhl^{Geogr. 177.}

b. in Manasseh, Εφραθα: Judges 6:11; Judges 8:27; construct עָפְרַת אֲבִי הָעֶזְרִי Judges 6:24, but ׳עָפְרָה וגו Judges 8:32; with ה locative עָפְרָ֫תָה Judges 9:5.

2. person, masculine in Judah 1 Chronicles 4:14, Γοφερα, ᵐ5^L Εφραθ.

Topical Lexicon

Word Origin: Derived from the Hebrew root עָפָר (ʿāphār), meaning "dust" or "fawn."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: There are no direct corresponding Strong's Greek entries for the Hebrew proper noun עָפְרָה (Ophrah), as it is a specific place name without a direct Greek equivalent in the Septuagint or New Testament.

Usage: Ophrah is used in the Hebrew Bible to refer to two distinct locations:
• A town in the territory of Benjamin.
• A town in the territory of Manasseh, associated with Gideon.

Context: Ophrah appears in the Hebrew Bible as the name of two different locations:

a. Ophrah of Benjamin: This Ophrah is mentioned in the context of the tribal allotments of the land of Israel. It is listed among the towns in the territory of Benjamin. In Joshua 18:23, it is included in the list of cities given to the tribe of Benjamin: "Avvim, Parah, Ophrah."

b. Ophrah of the Abiezrites (Manasseh): This Ophrah is more prominently featured in the narrative of Gideon, a judge of Israel. It is identified as the hometown of Gideon and the location where the Angel of the LORD appeared to him. In Judges 6:11, it is recorded: "Then the Angel of the LORD came and sat down under the oak in Ophrah that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, where his son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress to hide it from the Midianites." This Ophrah is also the site where Gideon built an altar to the LORD and later destroyed the altar of Baal (Judges 6:24-32). Additionally, it is where Gideon made an ephod that became a snare to him and his family (Judges 8:27).

The distinction between these two locations is important for understanding the historical and geographical context of the biblical narratives. The Ophrah associated with Gideon is particularly significant in the story of Israel's deliverance from the Midianites, highlighting the role of divine intervention and leadership in the history of Israel.

Forms and Transliterations

בְּעָפְרָ֔ה בְּעָפְרָ֖ה בְּעָפְרָ֖ת בעפרה בעפרת וְעָפְרָֽה׃ ועפרה׃ עָפְרָ֑ה עָפְרָ֔תָה עָפְרָ֖ה עפרה עפרתה ‘ā·p̄ə·rā·ṯāh ‘ā·p̄ə·rāh ‘āp̄ərāh ‘āp̄ərāṯāh afeRah afeRatah bə‘āp̄ərāh bə‘āp̄ərāṯ bə·‘ā·p̄ə·rāh bə·‘ā·p̄ə·rāṯ beafeRah beafeRat veafeRah wə‘āp̄ərāh wə·‘ā·p̄ə·rāh

Englishman's Concordance

Joshua 18:23
HEB: וְהָעַוִּ֥ים וְהַפָּרָ֖ה וְעָפְרָֽה׃
NAS: and Avvim and Parah and Ophrah,
KJV: And Avim, and Parah, and Ophrah,
INT: and Avvim and Parah and Ophrah

Judges 6:11
HEB: הָֽאֵלָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּעָפְרָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר לְיוֹאָ֖שׁ
NAS: the oak that was in Ophrah, which
KJV: under an oak which [was] in Ophrah, that [pertained] unto Joash
INT: the oak which Ophrah which Joash

Judges 6:24
HEB: הַזֶּ֔ה עוֹדֶ֕נּוּ בְּעָפְרָ֖ת אֲבִ֥י הָעֶזְרִֽי׃
NAS: it is still in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
KJV: unto this day it [is] yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
INT: to this is still Ophrah of the Abiezrites

Judges 8:27
HEB: אוֹת֤וֹ בְעִירוֹ֙ בְּעָפְרָ֔ה וַיִּזְנ֧וּ כָֽל־
NAS: it in his city, Ophrah, and all
KJV: it in his city, [even] in Ophrah: and all Israel
INT: and placed his city Ophrah played and all

Judges 8:32
HEB: יוֹאָ֣שׁ אָבִ֔יו בְּעָפְרָ֖ה אֲבִ֥י הָֽעֶזְרִֽי׃
NAS: Joash, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
KJV: his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
INT: of Joash of his father Ophrah of the Abiezrites

Judges 9:5
HEB: בֵית־ אָבִיו֙ עָפְרָ֔תָה וַֽיַּהֲרֹ֞ג אֶת־
NAS: house at Ophrah and killed
KJV: house at Ophrah, and slew
INT: house to his father's Ophrah and killed his brothers

1 Samuel 13:17
HEB: אֶל־ דֶּ֥רֶךְ עָפְרָ֖ה אֶל־ אֶ֥רֶץ
NAS: toward Ophrah, to the land
KJV: unto the way [that leadeth to] Ophrah, unto the land
INT: unto the way Ophrah to the land

1 Chronicles 4:14
HEB: הוֹלִ֣יד אֶת־ עָפְרָ֑ה וּשְׂרָיָ֗ה הוֹלִ֤יד
NAS: the father of Ophrah, and Seraiah
KJV: begat Ophrah: and Seraiah
INT: Meonothai became of Ophrah and Seraiah the father

8 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 6084
8 Occurrences

‘ā·p̄ə·rāh — 2 Occ.
‘ā·p̄ə·rā·ṯāh — 1 Occ.
bə·‘ā·p̄ə·rāh — 3 Occ.
bə·‘ā·p̄ə·rāṯ — 1 Occ.
wə·‘ā·p̄ə·rāh — 1 Occ.