Places of the Bible
Ophir
Region
Where the name appears
Events told in passages that name Ophir, and how many of their verses do. That is not the same as saying they happened here: a place can be named as a landmark, as somewhere being travelled to, or as the subject of a prophecy.
A dot is a moment; a bar is something that lasted, drawn to its length. The fainter the mark, the fewer verses name the place.
- Job's Trial · 1649 BC · 2 verses
- Reign of Solomon · 1014 BC · 2 verses
- Reign of Jehoshaphat · 913 BC · 1 verse
- Prophecies of Isaiah · 758 BC · 1 verse
Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Some region famous for its gold (1 Kings 9:28; 10:11; 22:48; Job 22:24; 28:16; Isa. 13:12). In the LXX. this word is rendered “Sophir,” and “Sofir” is the Coptic name for India, which is the rendering of the Arabic version, as also of the Vulgate. Josephus has identified it with the Golden Chersonese, i.e., the Malay peninsula. It is now generally identified with Abhira, at the mouth of the Indus. Much may be said, however, in favour of the opinion that it was somewhere in Arabia.
From M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1893), in the public domain.
Named in 10 verses
- 1 Kings
- 9:28, 10:11, 22:48
- 1 Chronicles
- 29:4
- 2 Chronicles
- 8:18, 9:10
- Job
- 22:24, 28:16
- Psalms
- 45:9
- Isaiah
- 13:12
The place, its people and its events come from Theographic, a knowledge graph of the Bible by Robert Rouse, used and shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.