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 as far as Ophir and brought back 420 talents of gold for Solomon.

The king's daughters are among your honorable women; the queen, dressed in gold from Ophir, has taken her place at your right hand."


Bury your gold nuggets in the dust, and your source of gold among the stones in a streambed,

3,000 gold talents imported from Ophir, 7,000 talents of refined silver for gilding the walls of the Temple

I'll make people scarcer than pure gold, and mankind rarer than gold from Ophir.

The king's daughters are among your honorable women; the queen, dressed in gold from Ophir, has taken her place at your right hand."

It cannot be compared to gold from Ophir, with precious onyx, or with sapphire.


Hiram's ships that brought gold from Ophir, also brought from Ophir lots of algum wood and precious stones.

They sailed as far as Ophir and brought back 420 talents of gold for Solomon.

Hiram sent Solomon ships and servants who were expert mariners, and they sailed with Solomon's servants to Ophir, where they brought back 450 talents of gold for Solomon.

Hiram's servants and Solomon's servants, who brought gold from Ophir, also presented algum wood and other precious stones.


Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were Joktan's descendants.

Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab all of these were Joktan's descendants.


Jehoshaphat had ocean-going vessels from Tarshish sail to Ophir for gold, but they never made it because they were shipwrecked at Ezion-geber.


Hiram's ships that brought gold from Ophir, also brought from Ophir lots of algum wood and precious stones.


References

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