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Strong's #6084 - עָפְרָה
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Ophrah = “fawn”
1) a Judaite, son of Meonothai (noun proper masculine)
2) a town of Benjamin approximately 5 miles (8 kilometers) east of Bethel (noun proper locative)
3) a place in Manasseh, native place of Gideon; probably located close to Shechem (noun proper locative)
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1. location: a. in Benjamin Joshua 18:23 (P), Αφαρ, etc.; 1 Samuel 13:7 Γοφερα; probably = עֶפְרוֺן
2 and אֶפְרַיִם
6; perhaps modern e‰-ˆayyibeh, approximately 4miles northeast from Bethel, compare GASm Geogr. 252 Buhl Geogr. 177.
b. in Manasseh, Εφραθα: Judges 6:11; Judges 8:27; construct עָפְרַתאֲבִי הָעֶזְרִי Judges 6:24, but ׳עָפְרָה וגו Judges 8:32; with ה locative עָפְרָ֫תָה Judges 9:5.
2. person, masculine in Judah 1 Chronicles 4:14, Γοφερα, ᵐ5 L Εφραθ.
עָפְרָה (“fawn”), [Ophrah], pr.n.
(1) of a town in the tribe of Benjamin, Joshua 18:23; 1 Samuel 13:17 fully Micah 1:10, בֵּית לְעַפְרָה (“the fawn’s house”).
(2) of a town of the Manassites, Judges 6:11, 8:27 9:5.
(3) pr.n. m. 1 Chronicles 4:14.