Ophir
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Ophir
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From Hebrew אוֹפִיר. Mentioned as a place in the Bible; modern scholars have been unable to determine where it was located.
proper noun
- A city or region mentioned in the Bible, famous for its gold. However, September came, and with it my second brother; and his companion for the shooting season was the young, handsome, and lively Henry O'Byrne, descended from kings whose crown was old enough to have been made of the gold of Ophir.
- A locality in the Cabonne council area, central New South Wales, Australia.
- A sparsely populated farming community in Algoma District, Ontario, Canada.
- A small settlement in Otago, New Zealand.
- A ghost town in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska.
- An unincorporated community in Placer County, California.
- A town and home rule municipality of San Miguel County, Colorado.
- An unincorporated community in Morgan County, Kentucky.
- An unincorporated community in Curry County, Oregon.
- A tiny town in Tooele County, Utah; a suburb of Salt Lake City.
- A male given name from Hebrew. US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are an “epic tag team,” says foreign policy adviser Ophir Falk in a short conversation with The Jerusalem Post.
Translations
Talk about this word "Ophir." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ophir. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Ophir. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ophir "Ophir." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ophir.Cite this
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title = {Ophir},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ophir},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
