אוֹפִיר

o.phir

Ophir

Strong’s H211Proper name, a person13 times in the Hebrew Bible

ophir12

gold of ophir1

In the text

Genesis 10:29אוֹפִר
Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan.
1 Kings 9:28אוֹפִירָה
They sailed to Ophir and imported gold from there—420 talents—and delivered it to Solomon.
1 Chronicles 1:23אוֹפִיר
Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan.
2 Chronicles 8:18אוֹפִירָה
So Hiram sent him ships captained by his servants, along with crews of experienced sailors. They went with Solomon’s servants to Ophir and acquired from there 450 talents of gold, which they delivered to King Solomon.
Job 22:24אוֹפִיר
and consign your gold to the dust and the gold of Ophir to the stones of the ravines,
Psalm 45:9אוֹפִיר
The daughters of kings are among your honored women; the queen stands at your right hand, adorned with the gold of Ophir.

אוֹפִיר n.pr. Ophir

1. n.pr.m. 11th son of Joktan

2. n.pr.loc. (land or city S. or SE. fr. Palestine) place whither Sol.’s ships went fr. Ezion Geber, bringing thence gold

3. characteristic of fine gold (poet. & late)

4. hence for fine gold itself

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.