Ophrah
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Ophrah (Template:Langx), (/ˈɔːfrə/ or /ˈɒfrə/) is a name in the Hebrew Bible meaning "a fawn" given to:
- A city of Benjamin (Script error: No such module "Bibleverse".), probably identical with Ephron (Script error: No such module "Bibleverse".) and Ephraim (Script error: No such module "Bibleverse".), the modern Palestinian town 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.[1]
- "Ophrah of the Abi-ezrites," a city of Manasseh, 6 miles (10 km) southwest of Shechem, the residence of Gideon (Script error: No such module "Bibleverse".; Script error: No such module "Bibleverse".). After his great victory over the Midianites, he slew at this place the captive kings (Script error: No such module "Bibleverse".). 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 (Script error: No such module "Bibleverse".). It is identified with Ferata.
- A grandchild of Othniel Ben Kenaz, mentioned in Script error: No such module "Bibleverse"..
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- ^ Epiphanius' Treatise on Weights and Measures - The Syriac Version (ed. James Elmer Dean), University of Chicago Press 1935, p. 72 (section 67)
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