Ophrah

Ophrah

Ophrah is a name in the Hebrew Bible meaning "a fawn", given to:

This article incorporates text from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), a publication now in the public domain.


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  • OPHRAH — Sanctuaire traditionnel de la tribu de Manassé et du clan d’Abiézer situé au cœur de la montagne de Cisjordanie. D’après les traditions bibliques, Gédéon détruit l’autel et le pieu sacré du sanctuaire cananéen d’Ophrah dédié à Baal (Jug., VI, 25… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • OPHRAH — (Heb. עָפְרָה), name of two places mentioned in the Bible. (1) A locality in the northern part of the territory of the tribe of Benjamin near Beth El (Josh. 18:23). Ophrah was one of the places attacked by Philistine spoilers shortly before the… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Ophrah — f, m Jewish: Hebrew name meaning ‘fawn’. It is borne in the Old Testament by a man (I Chronicles 4: 14), but it is now more commonly given to girls. The spellings Ophra and Ofra are also used …   First names dictionary

  • Ophrah —    A fawn. 1 Chr. 4:14.    1) A city of Benjamin (Josh. 18:23); probably identical with Ephron (2 Chr. 13:19) and Ephraim (John 11:54).    2) Of the Abi ezrites. A city of Manasseh, 6 miles south west of Shechem, the residence of Gideon (Judg.… …   Easton's Bible Dictionary

  • Gideon (comics) — Superherobox| caption=Cover to X Force #12 featuring Gideon and Krule Art by Mark Pacella comic color=background:#ff8080 character name=Gideon real name=Gideon species=Human Mutant publisher=Marvel Comics debut= New Mutants (vol. 1) #98 (Feb… …   Wikipedia

  • Taybeh — Infobox Palestinian Authority muni name=Taybeh imgsize= caption= arname=الطيبه meaning=beautiful of name founded= type=mund typefrom= altOffSp= altUnoSp=Tayyiba governorate=rb latd=31|latm=57|lats=16.19|latNS=N longd=35… …   Wikipedia

  • List of minor biblical figures — This list contains persons named in the Bible of minor notability, about whom either nothing or very little is known, aside from any family connections. This literature related list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it. Contents: A B C D …   Wikipedia

  • Gideon —    Called also Jerubbaal (Judg. 6:29, 32), was the first of the judges whose history is circumstantially narrated (Judg. 6 8). His calling is the commencement of the second period in the history of the judges. After the victory gained by Deborah… …   Easton's Bible Dictionary

  • Judges 6 — 1 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years. 2 And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel: and because of the Midianites the children of Israel made them the …   The King James version of the Bible

  • Judges 8 — 1 And the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why hast thou served us thus, that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with the Midianites? And they did chide with him sharply. 2 And he said unto them, What have I done now in comparison of… …   The King James version of the Bible

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