Strong H6084H6084Hעׇפְרָה
Ophrah
One of the 3 senses of Strong H6084
- Transliteration
- ‛ophrâh
- Pronunciation
- of-raw'
- Morphology
- Proper Name of a Location with no gender
Definition
Ophrah, also known as Hapharaim, was Gideon's hometown in Manasseh and the site of important events during his time as a judge, as well as a town allotted to the tribe of Issachar.
Meaning of the name
Ophrah = "fawn"
General definition
Feminine of H6082; female fawn;
{Ophrah} the name of an Israelite and of two places in Palestine: - Ophrah.
{Ophrah} the name of an Israelite and of two places in Palestine: - Ophrah.
In the biblical story
Ophrah
Gideon's hometown in Manasseh; a town in Issachar
Ophrah, also known as Hapharaim, was Gideon's hometown in Manasseh and the site of important events during his time as a judge, as well as a town allotted to the tribe of Issachar.
In the Bible
Strong H6084H appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- ophrah5
First verses
- Judges 6:11And there came an angel of the Lord, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abi–ezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites.
- Judges 6:24Then Gideon built an altar there unto the Lord, and called it Jehovah–shalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abi–ezrites.
- Judges 8:27And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and all Israel went thither a whoring after it: which thing became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house.
- Judges 8:32And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abi–ezrites.
- Judges 9:5And he went unto his father’s house at Ophrah, and slew his brethren the sons of Jerubbaal, being threescore and ten persons, upon one stone: notwithstanding yet Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left; for he hid himself.