Ophir in the Bible

Meaning: fruitful region

Exact Match

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

and they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence, gold, four hundred and twenty talents, - and brought it to King Solomon.

Verse ConceptsCoinageCommerceWeights Of GoldTalents

Moreover also, the fleet of Hiram, which brought gold from Ophir, brought in, from Ophir sandal-wood in great abundance, and precious stones.

Verse ConceptsGoldSeafaringCommerceShips For TradingJewellery

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

three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, - and seven thousand talents of refined silver, for overlaying the walls of the recesses.

Verse ConceptsTalentsOverlaid With GoldOverlaid With SilverVolunteering

And Huram sent him by his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and fetched thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon.

Verse ConceptsCoinageOfficersSeafaringThe NavyCommerceMariners

(And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, who brought gold from Ophir, brought sandal-wood and precious stones.

And place your gold in the dust,
And the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks,

Verse ConceptsBrooks

namely, wood; silver, which is brought out of Tarshish, and beaten to plates; and gold from Ophir, a work that is made with the hand of the craftsman and the caster, clothed with yellow silk and scarlet: even so is the work of their wise men altogether.

Verse ConceptsColors, BlueGoldSilverSkillToolsWisdom, Human NatureCommercePurple ClothesSkilled Peopleartistscraftsmanship

Thematic Bible



They sailed to the land of Ophir and brought back to Solomon about sixteen tons of gold.

Kings' daughters are among your noble ladies. At Your right hand stands the queen in gold from Ophir.


If you treat gold like dust, and gold of Ophir like the stones of the torrent-bed,

I have given one hundred and fifteen tons of the finest gold and two hundred and sixty five tons of pure silver for decorating the walls of the Temple

I will make mortal man harder to find than pure gold and mankind than the gold of Ophir.

Kings' daughters are among your noble ladies. At Your right hand stands the queen in gold from Ophir.

It cannot be bought with the gold from Ophir or with precious onyx or sapphire.


Hiram's fleet that brought gold from Ophir also brought a large quantity of sandalwood and precious stones from Ophir.

They sailed to the land of Ophir and brought back to Solomon about sixteen tons of gold.

Huram sent his own servants and his experienced sailors with ships to Solomon. They went with Solomon's servants to Ophir. There they procured thirty three thousand seven hundred and fifty pounds of gold, and brought it to King Solomon.

Huram's servants and Solomon's servants who brought gold from Ophir also brought sandalwood and precious stones.


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

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


King Jehoshaphat had ocean-going ships built to sail to the land of Ophir for gold. They were wrecked at Eziongeber and never sailed.


Hiram's fleet that brought gold from Ophir also brought a large quantity of sandalwood and precious stones from Ophir.


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