Ophrah ( he, עֹפְרָה), ( or ) is a name in the
Hebrew Bible meaning "a
fawn" given to:
* A city of
Benjamin
Benjamin ( he, ''Bīnyāmīn''; "Son of (the) right") blue letter bible: https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/h3225/kjv/wlc/0-1/ H3225 - yāmîn - Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (kjv) was the last of the two sons of Jacob and Rachel (Jacob's thir ...
(), probably identical with Ephron () and
Ephraim
Ephraim (; he, ''ʾEp̄rayīm'', in pausa: ''ʾEp̄rāyīm'') was, according to the Book of Genesis, the second son of Joseph ben Jacob and Asenath. Asenath was an Ancient Egyptian woman whom Pharaoh gave to Joseph as wife, and the daughte ...
(), the modern
Palestinian city of
Taybeh. The
Israeli settlement of
Ofra is close to the site as well. According to
Epiphanius, it was situated 5 miles east of the city of
Bethel
Bethel ( he, בֵּית אֵל, translit=Bēṯ 'Ēl, "House of El" or "House of God",Bleeker and Widegren, 1988, p. 257. also transliterated ''Beth El'', ''Beth-El'', ''Beit El''; el, Βαιθήλ; la, Bethel) was an ancient Israelite sanct ...
.
['' Epiphanius' Treatise on Weights and Measures - The Syriac Version'' (ed. James Elmer Dean), University of Chicago Press 1935, p. 72 (section 67)]
* "Ophrah of the Abi-ezrites," a city of
Manasseh, 6 miles (10 km) southwest of
Shechem, the residence of
Gideon
Gideon (; ) also named Jerubbaal and Jerubbesheth, was a military leader, judge and prophet whose calling and victory over the Midianites are recounted in of the Book of Judges in the Hebrew Bible.
Gideon was the son of Joash, from the Abiez ...
(; ). After his great victory over the
Midianites, he slew at this place the captive kings (). He then assumed the function of high priest and sought to make Ophrah what
Shiloh should have been. This thing "became a snare" to Gideon and his house. After Gideon's death, his family resided here until they were put to death by Gideon's son
Abimelech (). It is identified with Ferata.
* A grandchild of
Othniel Ben Kenaz, mentioned in .
References
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Hebrew Bible cities
Former populated places in Southwest Asia