Ophrah. [Oph'rah]

1. City in Benjamin. Joshua 18:23; 1 Samuel 1:13. Perhaps the same as EPHRAIN in 2 Chronicles 13:19 and EPHRAIM in John 11:54. Identified with et Taiyibeh, 31 57' N, 35 18' E.

2. City in Manasseh, the native place of Gideon. Judges 6:11, Judges 1:6; Judges 8:27, Judges 1:8; Judges 9:5. Identified by some with Fer'ata, the old name of which was Ophrah. It is six miles west of Shechem.

3. Son of Meonothai. 1 Chronicles 4:14.


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