# אוֹפִיר (ofir)

Israeli respelling: o-fir. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H211. 12 Old Testament occurrences.

Ophir, the name of a son of Joktan, and of a gold region in the East

King James renderings: Ophir.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/ofir-h211

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 10:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/10/29) — And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan.
- [1 Kings 9:28](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/9/28) — And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.
- [1 Kings 10:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/10/11) — And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees, and precious stones.
- [1 Kings 22:48](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/22/48) — Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Eziongeber.
- [1 Chronicles 1:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/1/23) — And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.
- [1 Chronicles 29:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/29/4) — Even three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the houses…
- [2 Chronicles 8:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/8/18) — And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they went with the servants of Solom…
- [2 Chronicles 9:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/9/10) — And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, which brought gold from Ophir, brought algum trees and precious stones.
- [Job 22:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/22/24) — Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.
- [Job 28:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/28/16) — It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
- [Psalms 45:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/45/9) — Kings’ daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.
- [Isaiah 13:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/13/12) — I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.