אוֹפִירʼÔwphîyr
proper name: Ophir
Pronunciation: o-feer' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H211
Meanings
1. 11th son of Joktan (Genesis 10:29; 1 Chronicles 1:23; Genesis 10:30)
2. place whither Solomon's ships went from Ezion Geber, bringing thence gold (Job 28:16; 1 Kings 22:49; 1 Kings 9:28)
3. characteristic of fine gold (1 Chronicles 29:4; Isaiah 13:12; Job 28:16)
4. hence for fine gold itself (Job 22:24; Genesis 10:29)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 13 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 10:29 Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were descendants of Joktan.
- 1 Kings 9:28 They sailed to Ophir and brought back to Solomon some sixteen tons of gold.
- 1 Kings 10:11 (In addition, Hiram’s ships brought gold from Ophir, and they also brought rich cargoes of red sandalwood and precious jewels.
- 1 Kings 22:48 Jehoshaphat also built a fleet of trading ships to sail to Ophir for gold. But the ships never set sail, for they met with disaster in their home port of Ezion-geber.
- 1 Chronicles 1:23 Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were descendants of Joktan.
- 1 Chronicles 29:4 I am donating more than 112 tons of gold from Ophir and 262 tons of refined silver to be used for overlaying the walls of the buildings
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).