The meaning of “אוֹפָן”
Understanding ʼôwphân reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
or (shortened) אֹפָן ʼôphân (o-fawn'); from an unused root meaning to revolve wheel. - a wheel 1) wheel 1a) chariot whee...
אוֹפָן
or (shortened) אֹפָן ʼôphân (o-fawn'); from an unused root meaning to revolve wheel. - a wheel 1) wheel 1a) chariot wheel 1b) wheel in Ezekiel's vision 1c) wheels of the ten bases beneath the lavers in Solomon's temple
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Exodus 14:25 | “And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily: so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the Lord fighteth for them against the Egyptians.” Word: אוֹפָן (ʼôwphân) | |
| 1 Kings 7:32 | “And under the borders were four wheels; and the axletrees of the wheels were joined to the base: and the height of a wheel was a cubit and half a cubit.” Word: אוֹפָן (ʼôwphân) | |
| Proverbs 25:11 | “A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.” Word: אוֹפָן (ʼôwphân) | |
| Isaiah 28:27 | “For the fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the fitches are beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod.” Word: אוֹפָן (ʼôwphân) | |
| Ezekiel 10:9 | “And when I looked, behold the four wheels by the cherubims, one wheel by one cherub, and another wheel by another cherub: and the appearance of the wheels was as the colour of a beryl stone.” Word: אוֹפָן (ʼôwphân) |