Ophir

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proper noun

A city or region mentioned in the Bible, famous for its gold.

OriginHebrew אוֹפִיר →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. historicalChristianityA city or region mentioned in the Bible, famous for its gold.

    Rosetime, rosetime, rosetime in gardens, Pink cascades of beauty flowing down the wall, Red drops of heart's blood spilt among the grasses, Fabled Gold of Ophir raining over all.

    1926, William Stanley Braithwaite, Anthology of Magazine Verse, page 264
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    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.

    1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter X, in Romance and Reality. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 142
  2. A locality in the Cabonne council area, central New South Wales, Australia.
  3. A sparsely populated farming community in Algoma District, Ontario, Canada.
  4. A small settlement in Otago, New Zealand.
  5. A ghost town in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska.
  6. An unincorporated community in Placer County, California.
  7. A town and home rule municipality of San Miguel County, Colorado.
  8. An unincorporated community in Morgan County, Kentucky.
  9. An unincorporated community in Curry County, Oregon.
  10. A tiny town in Tooele County, Utah; a suburb of Salt Lake City.
  11. 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.

    2026 March 5, Zvika Klein, “Netanyahu adviser to 'Post': Best way to remove ayatollah threat is to remove ayatollahs”, in The Jerusalem Post, archived from the original on 10 Mar 2026

Origin

  1. Hebrewאוֹפִיר
  2. EnglishOphir

From Hebrew אוֹפִיר. Mentioned as a place in the Bible; modern scholars have been unable to determine where it was located.

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Translations

German Ophir, Ofir
  • Ophircity or region mentioned in the Bible
  • Ofircity or region mentioned in the Bible
Hebrew אוֹפִיר
  • אוֹפִיר (Ofir)city or region mentioned in the Bible
Italian Ofir
  • Ofircity or region mentioned in the Bible
Polish Ofir
  • Ofircity or region mentioned in the Bible
Portuguese Ofir
  • Ofircity or region mentioned in the Bible

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

Ophir. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ophir

MLA

“Ophir.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ophir. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Ophir,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ophir.

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