Atlas Maps Created using Biblemapper 3.0 Additional data from OpenBible.info Occurrences Joshua 18:24 Chephar Ammoni, Ophni, and Geba; twelve cities with their villages.Encyclopedia OPHNIof'-ni (ha-`ophni; Aphne): A place in the territory of Benjamin (Joshua 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). Strong's Hebrew H6078: Ophnia place in Benjamin |