Strong's Definition
or (shortened) pOphiyr {o-feer'}; and fOwphir {o- feer'}; of uncertain derivation; Ophir, the name of a son of Joktan, and of a gold region in the East
KJV Usage: Ophir
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
אוֹפִיר (o.phir) — Ophir. A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.29; son of: Joktan (H3355); brother of: Almodad (H0486), Sheleph (H8026), Hazarmaveth (H2700), Jerah (H3392), Hadoram (H1913A), Uzal (H0187), Diklah (H1853), Obal (H5745), Abimael (H0039), Sheba (H7614H), Havilah (H2341I) and Jobab (H3103) § Ophir = "reducing to ashes" 1) eleventh son of Joktan 2) a land or city in southern Arabia in Solomon's trade route where gold evidently was traded for goods 3) characteristic of fine gold 4) fine gold
אוֹפִיר (o.phir) — Ophir.
§ Ophir = "reducing to ashes" a land or city in southern Arabia in Solomon's trade route where gold evidently was traded for goods
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
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Names of People
Ophir = man; ◄ son of Joktan; descendant of Shem; ► regarded as the founder of a people living in a region with the same name
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
אוֹפִיר n.pr. Ophir n.pr.m. 11th son of Joktan
n.pr.loc. (land or city S. or SE. fr. Palestine) place whither Sol.’s ships went fr. Ezion Geber, bringing thence gold
characteristic of fine gold (poet. & late)
hence for fine gold itself
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