ophni Summary and Overview
Bible Dictionaries at a Glance
ophni in Easton's Bible Dictionary
mouldy, a city of Benjamin (Josh. 18:24).
ophni in Smith's Bible Dictionary
(mouldy), a town of Benjamin, mentioned in #Jos 18:24| the same as the Gophna of Josephus a place which at the time of Vespasian's invasion was apparently so important as to be second only to Jerusalem. It still survives in the modern Jifna or Jufna, 23 miles northwest of Bethel.
ophni in Schaff's Bible Dictionary
OPH'NI (mouldy), a town in Benjamin. Josh 18:24. It was probably identical with (Jophna of Josephus and with the modern village of Jufna, or Jifna, about 2 or 3 miles north-west of Bethel. It was an important town in the time of Vespasian.
ophni in Fausset's Bible Dictionary
A town in the N.E. of Benjamin (Joshua 18:24.). Possibly founded by a non Israelite tribe. The Gophna of Josephus, said to be only second in importance to Jerusalem (B.J. 3:3, section 5; Ant. 14:11, section 2, 12:2). Now Jufna, 2 1/2 miles N.W. of Bethel.