Mouldy, a city of Benjamin (Josh. 18:24).
Source:Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)Public domain
Place
Ophni
Name meaning: wearisomeness; folding together (Hitchcock)
Key verses
Also in Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)
(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.
Source: Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863) · Public domain
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