Bible Names

Ophir: meaning of the name

Ophir means “fruitful region.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Ophir in Hebrew and Greek

אוֹפִיר H211

ʼÔwphîyr (o-feer') — Ophir, the name of a son of Joktan, and of a gold region in the East

or (shortened) אֹפִיר; and אוֹפִר; of uncertain derivation;

Who named Ophir in the Bible

Places named Ophir

Ophir in Scripture

“Ophir” appears in 12 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

  • Genesis 10:29

    And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan.

  • 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

    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

    Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Ezion–geber.

  • 1 Chronicles 1:23

    And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.

  • 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 withal:

  • 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 Solomon to Ophir, and took thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon.

  • 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.