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| == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_74247" /> ==
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| <p> Oph'ni. (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. </p> | | Ophni <ref name="term_53941" /> |
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| | <p> The modern representative of this place, Jufna, is laid down on the Ordnance Map at two and three quarter miles north-west of Beitin (Bethel), and thus described in the accompanying Memoirs (2: 294): </p> <p> " An important [[ Christian]] village, with a Latin church and convent ( Mar Yusef), on an ancient road from the north to Jerusalem. The octagonal apse of this church, with colored glass in its east window, and a red- tiled pointed roof, forms a conspicuous feature of the village as seen from the south. The place is situated in a small plain, and on the south, higher up, is a spring called [[ Ain]] Jelaztm. The road crosses the valley-bed by a small footbridge ( now broken), with an inscription in Arabic, and on the south of this is a Greek church of St. George, with a fine walnut-tree and two meiss- trees. There are ruins of a town in the village, and pillar- shafts, as if of a former chapel, east of the Latin monastery. The hills and valleys are cultivated with olives, vines, figs, pears, apricots, and pomegranates. The population is stated by Robinson at two hundred, some Latins, some Greeks." The Greek church is particularly described, ibid. page 323. </p> |
| == Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_36917" /> ==
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| <p> A town in the N.E. of [[Benjamin]] (Joshua 18:24.). Possibly founded by a non [[Israelite]] tribe. The [[Gophna]] of Josephus, said to be only second in importance to [[Jerusalem]] (B.J. 3:3, section 5; Ant. 14:11, section 2, 12:2). Now Jufna, 2 1/2 miles N.W. of Bethel. </p>
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| == Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary <ref name="term_48422" /> ==
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| <p> A city of Benjamin, (Joshua 18:24) perhaps from Gophni, weary. </p>
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| == Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_67965" /> ==
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| <p> City in Benjamin. Joshua 18:24 . Identified by some with <i> Jufna, </i> 31 58' N, 35 13' E . </p>
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| == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_53183" /> ==
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| <p> <strong> OPHNI. </strong> A town of [[Benjamin]] ( Joshua 18:24 ); unknown. </p>
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| == Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_42890" /> ==
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| Joshua 18:24
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| == Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_32951" /> ==
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| Joshua 18:24
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| == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_53945" /> ==
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| <p> (Heb. Ophni', עָפְנַי [always with the art. הָעָפְנַי, ha-Ophni', q. d. the Ophnite], perh. pressure, famisne [comp. כָּפִן ]; Sept. Ἀφνί, but most MSS. omit; Yulg. — 9 hni), a town in the north-eastern section of the tribe of Benjamin, named only in Joshua 18:24, between Chephar- haammonai and [[Gaba]] (q.v.). "Its name may perhaps imply that, like others of the towns of this: region, it was originally founded by some non- [[Israelitish]] tribe — the Ophnites — who in that case have left but this one slight trace of their existence" (Smith). It was probably the Gufzith (גופנית ), Gufna, or Beth-gufnin of the [[Talmud]] (Schwarz, p. 126), and doubtless the [[Gophna]] of [[Josephus]] (Γοφνά Ptolemy, Γούφνα 4:16), a place which at the time of Vespasian's invasion was apparently so important as to be second only to [[Jerusalem]] (War, 3:3, 5), as the center of a district or toparchy (Ant. 14:11, 2). It was fifteen [[Roman]] miles from Jerusalem on the way to [[Neapolis]] (Eusebius, ‘Onomast. s.v. φάραγξ βότρυος ). The place still survives in the modern Jifha or Jihna, two and a half miles north-west of [[Bethel]] (Reland, Palaest. p. 816; Wilson, Lands of the Bible, 2:41). The change from the Ain, with which Ophlni begins, to G, is common enough in the Sept. (comp. Gomorrah, Athaliah, etc.). It is now a poor village, in a fertile valley between high hills, and contains about 200 [[Christian]] inhabitants (Robinson, Bib. Res. 3:79). Remains of an old [[Greek]] church still exist there, especially a baptistery; [[End]] traces may be seen of the Roman road leading through the town from Jerusalem to [[Antipatris]] (ib. 2:138). </p>
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| == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_6860" /> ==
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| <p> ''''' of´nı̄ ''''' ( העפני , <i> ''''' hā ''''' </i> - <i> ''''' ‛ophnı̄ ''''' </i> ; Ἀφνή , <i> ''''' Aphnḗ ''''' </i> ): A place in the territory of [[Benjamin]] ( Joshua 18:24 ). The modern <i> '''''Jifneh''''' </i> , in a fine vale West of the road to <i> '''''Nāblus''''' </i> and 2 1/2 miles Northwest of Bethel, might suit as to position; but the change in the initial letter from <i> '''''‛ain''''' </i> to <i> '''''jı̄m''''' </i> is not easy. This is the [[Gophna]] of the rabbis (compare Josephus, <i> [[Jewish]] [[Wars]] </i> , III, iii, 5). </p>
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| | | <ref name="term_53941"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/ophni+(2) Ophni from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> |
| <ref name="term_74247"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/smith-s-bible-dictionary/ophni Ophni from Smith's Bible Dictionary]</ref> | |
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| <ref name="term_36917"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/fausset-s-bible-dictionary/ophni Ophni from Fausset's Bible Dictionary]</ref>
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| <ref name="term_48422"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hawker-s-poor-man-s-concordance-and-dictionary/ophni Ophni from Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary]</ref>
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| <ref name="term_67965"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/morrish-bible-dictionary/ophni Ophni from Morrish Bible Dictionary]</ref>
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| <ref name="term_53183"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-bible/ophni Ophni from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible]</ref>
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| <ref name="term_42890"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/holman-bible-dictionary/ophni Ophni from Holman Bible Dictionary]</ref>
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| <ref name="term_32951"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/easton-s-bible-dictionary/ophni Ophni from Easton's Bible Dictionary]</ref>
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| <ref name="term_53945"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/ophni Ophni from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
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| <ref name="term_6860"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/ophni Ophni from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref>
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Ophni [1]
The modern representative of this place, Jufna, is laid down on the Ordnance Map at two and three quarter miles north-west of Beitin (Bethel), and thus described in the accompanying Memoirs (2:294):
"An important Christian village, with a Latin church and convent (Mar Yusef), on an ancient road from the north to Jerusalem. The octagonal apse of this church, with colored glass in its east window, and a red-tiled pointed roof, forms a conspicuous feature of the village as seen from the south. The place is situated in a small plain, and on the south, higher up, is a spring called Ain Jelaztm. The road crosses the valley-bed by a small footbridge (now broken), with an inscription in Arabic, and on the south of this is a Greek church of St. George, with a fine walnut-tree and two meiss- trees. There are ruins of a town in the village, and pillar-shafts, as if of a former chapel, east of the Latin monastery. The hills and valleys are cultivated with olives, vines, figs, pears, apricots, and pomegranates. The population is stated by Robinson at two hundred, some Latins, some Greeks." The Greek church is particularly described, ibid. page 323.
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