אוֹפָןʼôwphân
wheel
Pronunciation: o-fawn' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H212
Meanings
a. wheel (Exodus 14:25; 1 Kings 7:33; Nahum 3:2)
Where it appears
Appears 35 times in the Bible.
- Exodus 14:25 He twisted their chariot wheels, making their chariots difficult to drive. “Let’s get out of here—away from these Israelites!” the Egyptians shouted. “The Lord is fighting for them against Egypt!”
- 1 Kings 7:30 Each of these carts had four bronze wheels and bronze axles. There were supporting posts for the bronze basins at the corners of the carts; these supports were decorated on each side with carvings of wreaths.
- 1 Kings 7:32 Under the panels were four wheels that were connected to axles that had been cast as one unit with the cart. The wheels were 2 1⁄4 feet in diameter
- 1 Kings 7:33 and were similar to chariot wheels. The axles, spokes, rims, and hubs were all cast from molten bronze.
- Proverbs 20:26 A wise king scatters the wicked like wheat, then runs his threshing wheel over them.
- Isaiah 28:27 A heavy sledge is never used to thresh black cumin; rather, it is beaten with a light stick. A threshing wheel is never rolled on cumin; instead, it is beaten lightly with a flail.
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).