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Lexicon :: Strong's H663 - 'ăp̄ēq

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אֲפֵק
Transliteration
'ăp̄ēq
Pronunciation
af-ake'
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From אָפַק (H662) (in the sense of strength)
Strong’s Definitions

אֲפֵק ʼĂphêq, af-ake'; or אֲפִיק ʼĂphîyq; from H662 (in the sense of strength); fortress; Aphek (or Aphik), the name of three places in Palestine:—Aphek, Aphik.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's H663 in the following manner: Aphek (8x), Aphik (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x
The KJV translates Strong's H663 in the following manner: Aphek (8x), Aphik (1x).

  1. 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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֲפֵק ʼĂphêq, af-ake'; or אֲפִיק ʼĂphîyq; from H662 (in the sense of strength); fortress; Aphek (or Aphik), the name of three places in Palestine:—Aphek, Aphik.
STRONGS H663: Abbreviations
† אֲפֵק אֲפִיק (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 and 2 Kings 13:22: Greek Version of the LXXL; town not near Jezreel, but at north end of Philistine plain; compare Greek Version of the LXXLi. with Wecompare 254 Dr1 Sam 29:11 RSOTJC 2.435 GASmGeogr. 400 f. BuhlGeogr. 212 (and N.) BuRS 235 f.; 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 Apḳu, compare DlPa 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).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Joshua

12:18; 12:18; 13:4; 19:30; 19:30

Judges

1:31; 1:31; 1:31

1 Samuel

4:1; 4:1; 7:12; 29:1; 29:1; 29:11

1 Kings

20:26; 20:26; 20:26; 20:30; 20:30

2 Kings

13:7; 13:17; 13:22

H663

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Strong's Number H663 matches the Hebrew אֲפֵק ('ăp̄ēq),
which occurs 9 times in 9 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 12:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:18 - the king of Afek, one; the king of Lassharon, one;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:4 - on the south; all the land of the Kana`anim, and Me`arah that belongs to the Tzidonim, to Afek, to the border of the Amori;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 19:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:30 - `Ummah also, and Afek, and Rechov: twenty-two cities with their villages.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:31 - Asher didn't drive out the inhabitants of `Akko, nor the inhabitants of Tzidon, nor of Achlav, nor of Akhziv, nor of Helbah, nor of Afik, nor of Rechov;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:1 - The word of Shemu'el came to all Yisra'el. Now Yisra'el went out against the Pelishtim to battle, and encamped beside Even-Ha`ezer: and the Pelishtim encamped in Afek.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 29:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:1 - Now the Pelishtim gathered together all their hosts to Afek: and the Yisra'elites encamped by the spring which is in Yizre`el.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:26 - It happened at the return of the year, that Ben-Hadad mustered the Aram, and went up to Afek, to fight against Yisra'el.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:30 - But the rest fled to Afek, into the city; and the wall fell on twenty-seven thousand men who were left. Ben-Hadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 13:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:17 - He said, Open the window eastward; and he opened it. Then Elisha said, Shoot; and he shot. He said, the LORD's arrow of victory, even the arrow of victory over Aram; for you shall strike the Aram in Afek, until you have consumed them.
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