Ophir

Ophir in Easton's Bible Dictionary

(1.) One of the sons of Joktan (Gen. 10:29). (2.) Some region famous for its gold (1 Kings 9:28; 10:11; 22:48; Job 22:24; 28:16; Isa. 13:12). In the LXX. this word is rendered "Sophir," and "Sofir" is the Coptic name for India, which is the rendering of the Arabic version, as also of the Vulgate. Josephus has identified it with the Golden ...

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Ophir Scripture - 1 Kings 9:28

And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought [it] to king Solomon....

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Ophir in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Genesis 10:29. Placed between Sheba and Havilah, Ophir must be in Arabia. Arrian in the Periplus calls Aphar metropolis of the Sabeans. Ptolemy calls it Sapphara, now Zaphar. Eleventh of Joktan's sons. Gesenius explains Ophir, if Semitic, "fruitful region." The Himyaritic ofir means "red". The Mahra people call their country "the ofir country"...

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Ophir Scripture - Psalms 45:9

Kings' daughters [were] among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir....

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Ophir Scripture - Isaiah 13:12

I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir....

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Ophir Scripture - 1 Chronicles 29:4

[Even] three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the houses [withal]:...

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Ophir Scripture - Job 28:16

It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire....

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Ophir Scripture - 2 Chronicles 8:18

And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and took thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought [them] to king Solomon....

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Ophir Scripture - Genesis 10:29

And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these [were] the sons of Joktan....

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