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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #663 - אֲפִיק

Transliteration

ʼĂphêq

Phonetics

af-ake', af-eek'

Origin

from (H662) (in the sense of strength)

Parts of Speech

proper locative noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Aphek or Aphik = "enclosure"
1. a Canaanite city near Jezreel
2. a city in territory of Asher
3. a city northeast of Beirut in Transjordan

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 859 ‑ ἄφεσις (af'‑es‑is); 4077 ‑ πηγή (pay‑gay'); 4125 ‑ πλευρά (plyoo‑rah'); 4138 ‑ πλήρωμα (play'‑ro‑mah); 5327 ‑ φάραγξ (far'‑anx); 5493 ‑ χείμαρρος (khi'‑mar‑hros); 2949 ‑ κῦμα (koo'‑mah);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (9)

Joshua 3

Judges 1

1 Samuel 2

1 Kings 2

2 Kings 1

BSB (9)

Joshua 3

Judges 1

1 Samuel 2

1 Kings 2

2 Kings 1

CSB (8)

Joshua 3

Judges 1

1 Samuel 2

1 Kings 2

2 Kings 1

ESV (9)

Joshua 3

Judges 1

1 Samuel 2

1 Kings 2

2 Kings 1

KJV (9)

Joshua 3

Judges 1

1 Samuel 2

1 Kings 2

2 Kings 1

LEB (9)

Joshua 3

Judges 1

1 Samuel 2

1 Kings 2

2 Kings 1

LSB (9)

Joshua 3

Judges 1

1 Samuel 2

1 Kings 2

2 Kings 1

N95 (9)

Joshua 3

Judges 1

1 Samuel 2

1 Kings 2

2 Kings 1

NAS (9)

Joshua 3

Judges 1

1 Samuel 2

1 Kings 2

2 Kings 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (9)

Joshua 3

Judges 1

1 Samuel 2

1 Kings 2

2 Kings 1

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

אֲפֵקאֲפִיק ( Judges 1:31) proper name, of a location Aphek (perhaps enclosure, or fortress). ** now probable that 1 should include Joshua 12:18; 1 Samuel 4:1; 1 Samuel 29:1,2Kings 13:22: ᵐ5 L; town not near Jezreel, but at north end of philistine plain; compare ᵐ5 L^i. with We^{compare 254} Dr^{1 Samuel 29:11} RS^{OTJC 2.435} GASm^{Geogr. 400f.} Buhl^{Geogr. 212} (and N.) Bu^{RS 235f.}; more doubtful are 1 Kings 20:26; 1 Kings 20:30; 2 Kings 13:17 (Kit 1 Kings 20:26); these, with Joshua 19:30; Judges 1:31, might denote an Aphek near Jezreel.

1 city near Jezreel (Assyrian Ap‡u, compare Dl^{Pa 287}) Joshua 12:18; 1 Samuel 29:1 (אֲפֵ֑קָה, so) 1 Kings 20:26,30 compare 2 Kings 13:7

2 city in tribe of Asher Joshua 19:30; Judges 1:31 (אֲפִיק).

3 city northeast of Beirût, modern Afqa Joshua 13:4 אֲפֵ֑קָת see Di.

4 place near Mizpah 1 Samuel 4:1 (compare 1 Samuel 7:12).

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

אֲפִיק see אֲפֵק.

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List of Word Forms

אֲפִ֖יק אֲפֵ֑קָה אֲפֵ֔קָה אֲפֵק֙ אֲפֵקָה֮ אפיק אפק אפקה בַּאֲפֵ֖ק בַאֲפֵֽק׃ באפק באפק׃ וַאֲפֵ֖ק ואפק ’ă·p̄ê·qāh ’ă·p̄êq ’ă·p̄îq ’ăp̄êq ’ăp̄êqāh ’ăp̄îq aFek aFekah aFik ba’ăp̄êq ḇa’ăp̄êq ba·’ă·p̄êq ḇa·’ă·p̄êq baaFek vaaFek wa’ăp̄êq wa·’ă·p̄êq