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Ophrah. [Oph'rah]


1. City in Benjamin. Joshua 18: 23; 1 Sam. 13: 17. Perhaps the same as EPHRAIN in 2 Chr. 13: 19 and EPHRAIM in John 11: 54. Identified with et Taiyibeh, .


2 . City in Manasseh, the native place of Gideon. Judges 6: 11, 24; Judges 8: 27, 32; Judges 9: 5. Identified by some with Fer'ata, the old name of which was Ophrah. It is six miles west of Shechem.


3. Son of Meonothai. 1 Chr. 4: 14.