Ophir (sometimes spelled Ofir) is a region mentioned in the Bible that was famous for its wealth. It may also refer to:

People

Ophir is used as a first and last name among people of Jewish heritage and others. One of the common Hebrew translations for Goldman and Goldstein:

  • Ophir, one of the sons of Joktan (Genesis 10:29)
  • Ophir Pines-Paz, the interior minister of Israel, a Knesset member and one of the prominent members of the Israeli Labor Party
  • Ofir Netzer, Israeli artistic gymnast
  • Ophira Eisenberg, Canadian comedian and writer
  • Adi Ophir, an Israeli philosopher at Tel Aviv University
  • Shaike Ophir was an Israeli film actor, mime and comedian, considered one of the most important entertainers in Israel from the 1950s up to the 1980s

Places

United States

  • Ophir, Alaska, an abandoned gold-rush town
  • Ophir, California, a town
  • Ophir, Colorado, a town
  • Ophir, Kentucky, a town
  • Ophir, Oregon, an unincorporated community
  • Ophir, Utah, a town
  • Mount Ophir, California, a ghost town

Other places

  • Colonia Ofir, a Russian settlement in Uruguay
  • Mount Ophir, a mountain in Johor, Malaysia
  • Ophir, New South Wales, a locality where gold was first discovered in Australia in 1851
  • Ophir, New Zealand, a small town in Central Otago
  • Ophir, Ontario, a farming community in Canada
  • Ophir Chasma, a canyon on the planet Mars

Ships

  • , a British ocean liner built in 1891 and scrapped in 1922
  • , a Dutch steamship built in 1904 that became USS Ophir in 1918

Other uses

  • Ophir Award, the most important Israeli film award named after Shaike Ophir
  • Ophir Energy, oil and gas exploration company
  • Ophir (Conan), a nation in the fictional world of Conan the Barbarian

See also

  • Orphir, Orkney, Scotland