Dictionaries :: Ophni

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Ophni:

mouldy, a city of Benjamin (Jos 18:24).

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Ophni:

wearisomeness; folding together

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Ophni:

of'-ni (ha-‘ophni; Aphne): A place in the territory of Benjamin (Jos 18:24). The modern Jifneh, in a fine vale West of the road to Nablus and 2 1/2 miles Northwest of Bethel, might suit as to position; but the change in the initial letter from ‘ain to jim is not easy. This is the Gophna of the rabbis (compare Josephus, Jewish Wars, III, iii, 5).

Nave's Topical Bible

Ophni: A Town of the Benjamites

Jos 18:24

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Ophni:

(mouldy) a town of Benjamin, mentioned in Joshua 18:24 the same as the Gophna of Josephus a place which at the time of Vespasian's invasion was apparently so important as to be second only to Jerusalem. It still survives in the modern Jifna or Jufna, 23 miles northwest of Bethel.