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Lexicon :: Strong's H211 - 'ôp̄îr

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אוֹפִיר
Transliteration
'ôp̄îr
Pronunciation
o-feer'
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun, proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain derivation
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Strong’s Definitions

אוֹפִיר ʼÔwphîyr, o-feer'; or (shortened) אֹפִיר ʼÔphîyr; and אוֹפִר ʼÔwphir; of uncertain derivation; Ophir, the name of a son of Joktan, and of a gold region in the East:—Ophir.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x

The KJV translates Strong's H211 in the following manner: Ophir (13x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x
The KJV translates Strong's H211 in the following manner: Ophir (13x).

  1. Ophir = "reducing to ashes"

    1. eleventh son of Joktan

    2. a land or city in southern Arabia in Solomon's trade route where gold evidently was traded for goods

    3. characteristic of fine gold

    4. fine gold

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אוֹפִיר ʼÔwphîyr, o-feer'; or (shortened) אֹפִיר ʼÔphîyr; and אוֹפִר ʼÔwphir; of uncertain derivation; Ophir, the name of a son of Joktan, and of a gold region in the East:—Ophir.
STRONGS H211: Abbreviations
אוֺפִיר proper name Ophir — א׳ 1 Kings 10:11 +; אוֺפִ֫ירָה 1 Kings 9:28 + אוֺפִר Genesis 10:29; אֹפִיר 1 Kings 10:11 —
1. proper name, masculine 11th son of Joktan Genesis 10:29 (J) = 1 Chronicles 1:23; Greek Version of the LXX Οὐφειρ, Ὠφειρ, name of an Arabian tribe, see Genesis 10:30 & Di.
2. proper name, of a location (land or city south or southeast from Palestine, exact position unknown, compare below; Greek Version of the LXX Σωφηρα, Σωφειρα, Σουφειρ, etc.; Job 28:16 Ὠφειρ AC, compare 1 Kings 22:49 A Ὠφειρδε, B omitted) place whither Solomon's ships went from Ezion Geber, bringing thence gold 1 Kings 9:28 — compare 1 Kings 22:49 — 2 Chronicles 8:18; gold, almug- (sandal-?) wood & gems 2 Chronicles 10:11 (twice in verse), compare 2 Chronicles 9:10; probably 1 Kings 10:22 reference to same ships; they came once in three years with gold, silver, ivory, apes & peacocks (all from Ophir ?); 2 Chronicles 9:21 makes these ships go to Tarshish (but on Tarshish-ships, i.e. large, sea-going vessels, merchantmen, see 1 Kings 22:49 & below תַּרְשִׁישׁ).
3. characteristic of fine gold (in poetry & late) זְהַב א׳ 1 Chronicles 29:4; כֶּתֶם א׳ Isaiah 13:12; Job 28:16; Psalm 45:10.
4. hence for fine gold itself Job 22:24 (|| בֶּצֶר). — (If 2 = 1, then southern, probably south-eastern, Arabia (compare Di Genesis 10:29) furnished the gold; and other articles, which point farther east (e.g. to India, toward which the words קוֺפִים apes & תֻּכִּיִּים peacocks seem to lead), were either brought to Ophir by traders, & so found there by Solomon's men, or were found elsewhere by the latter, whose cruise may have taken them beyond Ophir, the name of Ophir alone, as source of gold-supply, being preserved. If (less likely) 1 & 2 are not the same, the only data for determining location of 2 are the articles brought, & one may look toward India, Ceylon or other islands, or even lower Africa. Particular theories have as yet no adequate support; e.g.
(a) old city Supara, or Uppara, in the region of Goa, Malabar coast (compare Greek Version of the LXX above 2, but also 1; form with Σ said on Coptic authority to denote India, see JablonskiiOpusc. ed. te Water i. 337; compare also JosAnt. viii. 6. 4; in that case its use by Greek Version of the LXX may indicate a theory of the location of Ophir);
(b) peninsula Malacca;
(c) island Sumatra;
(d) Sofâla, with city Zimbabye (southeast Africa);
(e) west coast of Arabia (where gold & silver formerly found), etc. On these & other theories, see Di Genesis 10:29 RiHWB, Herzog, SmithDict. Bib.; compare GlasSkizze ii. 367 ff.) **WMMAs.u.Eur.111 identifies with Egyptian Punt, on western coast of Red Sea.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

10:29; 10:29; 10:29; 10:29; 10:30

1 Kings

9:28; 9:28; 10:11; 10:11; 10:22; 22:49; 22:49; 22:49

1 Chronicles

1:23; 29:4

2 Chronicles

8:18; 9:10; 9:21; 10:11

Job

22:24; 28:16; 28:16

Psalms

45:10

Isaiah

13:12

H211

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Strong's Number H211 matches the Hebrew אוֹפִיר ('ôp̄îr),
which occurs 13 times in 12 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were Joktan’s sons.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 9:28

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They went to Ophir and acquired gold there ​— ​sixteen tons[fn] ​— ​and delivered it to Solomon.

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In addition, Hiram’s fleet that carried gold from Ophir brought from Ophir a large quantity of almug[fn] wood and precious stones.

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Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they did not go because the ships were wrecked at Ezion-geber.

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Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All of these were Joktan’s sons.

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“100 tons[fn] of gold (gold of Ophir) and 250 tons[fn] of refined silver for overlaying the walls of the buildings,

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So Hiram[fn] sent ships to him by his servants along with crews of experienced seamen. They went with Solomon’s servants to Ophir, took from there seventeen tons[fn] of gold, and delivered it to King Solomon.

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In addition, Hiram’s servants and Solomon’s servants who brought gold from Ophir also brought algum wood and precious stones.

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and consign your gold to the dust,

the gold of Ophir to the stones in the wadis,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:16

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Wisdom cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir,

in precious onyx or lapis lazuli.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 45:9

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Kings’ daughters are among your honored women;

the queen, adorned with gold from Ophir,

stands at your right hand.

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I will make a human more scarce than fine gold,

and mankind more rare than the gold of Ophir.

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