The Hebrew Ophni (עׇפְנִי) is a town in Benjamin mentioned in Joshua 18:24 during the tribal land allotments. The name may derive from ophen (wheel) or an alternate root meaning 'my fist.' It is one of the many towns that formed Benjamin's inheritance in the land.
Ophni appears in the detailed land survey of Joshua 18, when Joshua meticulously allocates the remaining land to the seven tribes who had not yet received their inheritance. The specificity of this list — naming dozens of small towns — is a theological statement: God's promises are not vague generalities but precise, detailed fulfillments. Every village, every boundary line, reflects God's particular faithfulness to each tribe and family. Ophni, though obscure, belongs to the covenant geography of God's faithfulness.