Ophira

oh-FEER-ah

Hebrew

"gold"

Ophira Origin and Meaning

Variation of Ofira

Popularity of the name Ophira

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Famous People Named Ophira

• Ophira Eisenberg Canadian comedienne
• Ophira Edut American astrologer of The AstroTwins; twin of sister Tali

The name Ophira in Pop Culture

• A modern Hebrew girls' name made up of the biblical place name Ophir and the letter ה (Heh), which denotes a direction; hence it means "to Ophir." The ancient region was a place of origin of gold, as attested in 1 Kings 9:28: "And they came to Ophir and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to King Solomon."
• Ofira former Israeli settlement at Sharm el,Sheikh in Sinai (existing from 1967 until 1982); called "towards Ophir" due to its location on the Red Sea, on the route supposedly traversed by Solomon's ships en route to Ophir