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Ophrah

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.

The name Ophrah means “dust; lead; a fawn”

PlaceOld Testament2 books6 verses

Summary

A location first mentioned at Judges 6:11; referred to as Ophrah (עׇפְרָה) or Hapharaim (חֲפָרַיִם).

Location

Identified as
Afula
Certainty
Possible (51% of scholarship) · 6 other possible locations
Coordinates
32.606° N, 35.290° E
Ophrah
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Glossary entries

Ophrah (Place) Hapharaim

Alternative names

Mentions

  1. Joshua 19:19חֲפָרַיִם · Hapharaim
    Hapharaim, Shion, Anaharath,
  2. Judges 6:11עׇפְרָה · Ophrah
    Then the angel of the LORD came and sat down under the oak in Ophrah that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, where his son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress to hide it from the Midianites.
  3. Judges 6:24עׇפְרָה · Ophrah
    So Gideon built an altar to the LORD there and called it The LORD Is Peace. To this day it stands in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
  4. Judges 8:27עׇפְרָה · Ophrah
    From all this Gideon made an ephod, which he placed in Ophrah, his hometown. But soon all Israel prostituted themselves by worshiping it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and his household.
  5. Judges 8:32עׇפְרָה · Ophrah
    Later, Gideon son of Joash died at a ripe old age and was buried in the tomb of his father Joash in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
  6. Judges 9:5עׇפְרָה · Ophrah
    He went to his father’s house in Ophrah, and on one stone murdered his seventy brothers, the sons of Jerubbaal. But Jotham, the youngest son of Jerubbaal, survived, because he hid himself.