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Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew Lexicon
Strong's #6078 - עָפְנִי
Transliteration
ʻOphnîy
Phonetics
of-nee'
Origin
from an unused noun [denoting a place in Palestine]
Parts of Speech
proper locative noun
TWOT
None
Definition
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition
- Ophni = "mouldy"
- a town of Benjamin located 2.5 (4.5 km) miles northwest of Bethel; modern ´Jifna´
Frequency Lists
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Verse Results

ASV (1)
Joshua
1
BSB (1)
Joshua
1
CSB (1)
Joshua
1
ESV (1)
Joshua
1
KJV (1)
Joshua
1
LEB (1)
Joshua
1
LSB (1)
Joshua
1
N95 (1)
Joshua
1
NAS (1)
Joshua
1
NLT (0)
The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number
did not use
this Strong's Number
WEB (1)
Joshua
1
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
עָפְנִי proper name, of a location in Benjamin, ׳הָע Joshua 18:24, ᵐ5 L Αφνη.
עפעף see עוף.
I. עפר (√ of following; meaning dubious; compare Arabic dust, Assyrian epru, epiru, Tel Amarna —aparu and aparu (Canaanite glosses); ᵑ7עַפְרָא, Syriac
; Late Hebrew עָפָר = Biblical Hebrew).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition
עָפְנִי [Ophni], Gent. n., found once, Joshua 18:24 where הָֽעָפְנִי (כְּפַר) is a town of the tribe of Benjamin.
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List of Word Forms
וְהָֽעָפְנִ֖י והעפני vehaafeNi wə·hā·‘ā·p̄ə·nî wəhā‘āp̄ənî