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Strong's #6084 - עָפְרָה

Transliteration

ʻOphrâh

Phonetics

of-raw'

Root Word (Etymology)

fem. of (H6082)

Parts of Speech

N/A

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

Ophrah = “fawn”

1) a Judaite, son of Meonothai (noun proper masculine)

2) a town of Benjamin approximately 5 miles (8 kilometers) east of Bethel (noun proper locative)

3) a place in Manasseh, native place of Gideon; probably located close to Shechem (noun proper locative)

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (8)

Joshua 1

Judges 5

1 Samuel 1

1 Chronicles 1

NAS (8)

Joshua 1

Judges 5

1 Samuel 1

1 Chronicles 1

HCS (8)

Joshua 1

Judges 5

1 Samuel 1

1 Chronicles 1

BSB (8)

Joshua 1

Judges 5

1 Samuel 1

1 Chronicles 1

ESV (8)

Joshua 1

Judges 5

1 Samuel 1

1 Chronicles 1

WEB (8)

Joshua 1

Judges 5

1 Samuel 1

1 Chronicles 1

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

עָפְרָה proper name

1. location: a. in Benjamin Joshua 18:23 (P), Αφαρ, etc.; 1 Samuel 13:7 Γοφερα; probably = עֶפְרוֺן

2 and אֶפְרַיִם

6; perhaps modern e‰-ˆayyibeh, approximately 4miles northeast from Bethel, compare GASm^{Geogr. 252} Buhl^{Geogr. 177.}

b. in Manasseh, Εφραθα: Judges 6:11; Judges 8:27; construct עָפְרַתאֲבִי הָעֶזְרִי Judges 6:24, but ׳עָפְרָה וגו Judges 8:32; with ה locative עָפְרָ֫תָה Judges 9:5.

2. person, masculine in Judah 1 Chronicles 4:14, Γοφερα, ᵐ5^L Εφραθ.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

עָפְרָה (“fawn”), [Ophrah], pr.n.

(1) of a town in the tribe of Benjamin, Joshua 18:23; 1 Samuel 13:17 fully Micah 1:10, בֵּית לְעַפְרָה (“the fawn’s house”).

(2) of a town of the Manassites, Judges 6:11, 8:27 9:5.

(3) pr.n. m. 1 Chronicles 4:14.

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List of Word Forms

בְּעָפְרָ֔ה בְּעָפְרָ֖ה בְּעָפְרָ֖ת בעפרה בעפרת וְעָפְרָֽה׃ ועפרה׃ עָפְרָ֑ה עָפְרָ֔תָה עָפְרָ֖ה עפרה עפרתה ‘ā·p̄ə·rā·ṯāh ‘ā·p̄ə·rāh ‘āp̄ərāh ‘āp̄ərāṯāh afeRah afeRatah bə‘āp̄ərāh bə‘āp̄ərāṯ bə·‘ā·p̄ə·rāh bə·‘ā·p̄ə·rāṯ beafeRah beafeRat veafeRah wə‘āp̄ərāh wə·‘ā·p̄ə·rāh