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(Heb. Uphaz', àåּôָæ , signif. uncertain; Sept. ÌùöÜæ , ᾿ÙöÜæ ; Vulg. Ophaz, obryzuni), the name of a gold region (Jer_10:9; Dan_10:5), like Tarshish and Ophir (comp. Psa_45:10; 1 Chronicles 39:4), and hence thought by most expositors to be a corruption of the latter name (so the Targum, Syriac, and Theodotion). Fürst, however, suggests (Heb. Lex. s.v.) that it may be compounded of àåּ , wash, and ôָּæ , pure gold; and that since it is interchanged with Sheba (Psa_72:15), it may be regarded as the name of a gold wash in Southern Arabia. Its resemblance to Muphaz ( îåּôָæ ; A.V. “best”) in 1Ki_10:18 is perhaps not accidental. SEE OPHIRA.