Ophir (disambiguation)

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

• RMS Ophir, a British ocean liner built in 1891 and scrapped in 1922
• SS Ophir, 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