Ophrah
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Ophrah is an ancient town in the Hebrew Bible, notably associated with the judge Gideon and his religious activities.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ophrah canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4760998 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ophrah Context triple: [Gideon, offeredSacrificeAt, Ophrah]
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A.
Greer
Greer is a surname most notably associated with Hal Greer, a Hall of Fame American basketball player.
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B.
Bethany
Bethany is a small, rural town in south-central Connecticut known for its open spaces and residential character.
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C.
Bethany
Bethany is a village near Jerusalem mentioned in the New Testament, traditionally known as the home of Mary, Martha, and Lazarus and a frequent place visited by Jesus.
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D.
Bethany
Bethany is the first name of Bethany Hamilton, the American professional surfer known for surviving a shark attack and returning to competitive surfing.
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E.
Eldora
Eldora is a small city in central Iowa that serves as the county seat of Hardin County and lies along the scenic Iowa River.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ophrah Target entity description: Ophrah is an ancient town in the Hebrew Bible, notably associated with the judge Gideon and his religious activities.
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A.
Greer
Greer is a surname most notably associated with Hal Greer, a Hall of Fame American basketball player.
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B.
Bethany
Bethany is a small, rural town in south-central Connecticut known for its open spaces and residential character.
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C.
Bethany
Bethany is a village near Jerusalem mentioned in the New Testament, traditionally known as the home of Mary, Martha, and Lazarus and a frequent place visited by Jesus.
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D.
Bethany
Bethany is the first name of Bethany Hamilton, the American professional surfer known for surviving a shark attack and returning to competitive surfing.
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E.
Eldora
Eldora is a small city in central Iowa that serves as the county seat of Hardin County and lies along the scenic Iowa River.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient town
ⓘ
biblical location ⓘ |
| associatedClan |
Abiezrites
ⓘ
linked to:
Abiezrite
|
| associatedWith |
Gideon
ⓘ
judge of Israel ⓘ |
| category |
biblical towns in ancient Israel
ⓘ
places in the Hebrew Bible ⓘ |
| consequenceInText |
place where all Israel prostituted themselves by worshiping Gideon’s ephod
ⓘ
snare to Gideon and his family ⓘ |
| describedAs | Ophrah of the Abiezrites ⓘ |
| event |
Gideon builds an altar to the Lord at Ophrah
ⓘ
Gideon called by angel of the Lord at Ophrah ⓘ Gideon destroys Baal’s altar at Ophrah ⓘ Gideon sets up an ephod at Ophrah ⓘ |
| geographicalCertainty | exact archaeological location uncertain ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Hebrew ⓘ |
| locatedInTextualSource |
land of Israel
ⓘ
linked to:
Eretz HaKodesh
|
| mentionedIn |
Book of Judges
ⓘ
linked to:
Judges
Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to:
Tanakh
|
| postGideonRole |
place where Gideon was buried
ⓘ
place where Gideon’s family lived ⓘ |
| relatedFigure |
Gideon’s family
ⓘ
linked to:
Gideon
Joash the Abiezrite ⓘ |
| religiousContext | ancient Israelite religion ⓘ |
| religiousObjectAssociated |
Asherah pole (destroyed in narrative)
ⓘ
altar ⓘ ephod ⓘ |
| religiousRole |
place of Israelite worship in Gideon narrative
ⓘ
site of Gideon’s ephod ⓘ site of altar to Yahweh built by Gideon ⓘ |
| roleInNarrative |
center of Gideon’s activities
ⓘ
home town of Gideon ⓘ site of Gideon’s call ⓘ |
| scripturalReference |
Judges 6
ⓘ
linked to:
Judges
Judges 7 ⓘ
linked to:
Judges
Judges 8 ⓘ |
| statusInText | important local cult center in Gideon narrative ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Iron Age I (traditional biblical chronology)
ⓘ
linked to:
Iron Age I
period of the Judges ⓘ |
| tribalAssociation | tribe of Manasseh ⓘ |
| widerRegionInText | central hill country of Israel ⓘ |
| worshipIssue | site of syncretistic worship involving an ephod ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ophrah Description of subject: Ophrah is an ancient town in the Hebrew Bible, notably associated with the judge Gideon and his religious activities.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.