עׇפְרָה
ʻOphrâh · of-raw'
Ophrah, the name of an Israelite and of two places in Palestine
Lexicon
Derivation: feminine of H6082 (עֹפֶר); female fawn;
Ophrah, the name of an Israelite and of two places in Palestine
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Ophrah.
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › to speak, the word › the head, the highest › to reveal, behold
To see and know that works to speak, the word of the head, the highest that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עׇפְרָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
8 occurrences · 8 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and ophrah1 · 13%
- which was in ophrah1 · 13%
- it is yet in ophrah1 · 13%
- even in ophrah1 · 13%
- in ophrah1 · 13%
- at ophrah1 · 13%
- that leadeth to ophrah1 · 13%
- ophrah1 · 13%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.