ʼâphîyq — H650

Definition

masculine noun

properly, containing, i.e. a tube; also a bed or valley of astream; also a strong thing or a hero

1. channel
2. ravine
3. of hollow bones (fig.)

Usually translated as

mighty, stream, brook, channel, river, scale, strong piece

Origin

from H622

• Derived from ʼâçaph (H622)

Occurrences

ʼâphîyq occurs 19 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Samuel (1), Job (4), Psalms (3), Song of Songs (1), Isaiah (1), Ezekiel (7), Joel (2)

• 2 Samuel 22:16 — And the channels (אֲפִ֣קֵי) of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuking of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.
• Job 6:15 — My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream (כַּאֲפִ֖יק) of brooks they pass away;
• Job 12:21 — He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty (אֲפִיקִ֣ים).
• Job 40:18 — His bones are as strong pieces (אֲפִיקֵ֣י) of brass; his bones are like bars of iron.
• Job 41:15 — His scales (אֲפִיקֵ֣י) are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.
• Psalms 18:15 — Then the channels (אֲפִ֥יקֵי) of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.
• Psalms 42:1 — As the hart panteth after the water brooks (אֲפִֽיקֵי), so panteth my soul after thee, O God.
• Psalms 126:4 — Turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams (כַּאֲפִיקִ֥ים) in the south.
• Song of Songs 5:12 — His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers (אֲפִ֣יקֵי) of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set.
• Isaiah 8:7 — Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, even the king of Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his channels (אֲפִיקָ֔יו), and go over all his banks:
• Ezekiel 6:3 — And say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers (לָאֲפִיקִ֣ים), and to the valleys; Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword upon you, and I will destroy your high places.
• Ezekiel 31:12 — And strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, and have left him: upon the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are fallen, and his boughs are broken by all the rivers (אֲפִיקֵ֣י) of the land; and all the people of the earth are gone down from his shadow, and have left him.
• Ezekiel 32:6 — I will also water with thy blood the land wherein thou swimmest, even to the mountains; and the rivers (וַאֲפִקִ֖ים) shall be full of thee.
• Ezekiel 34:13 — And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers (בָּאֲפִיקִ֕ים), and in all the inhabited places of the country.
• Ezekiel 35:8 — And I will fill his mountains with his slain men: in thy hills, and in thy valleys, and in all thy rivers (אֲפִיקֶ֔יךָ), shall they fall that are slain with the sword.
• Ezekiel 36:4 — Therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers (לָאֲפִיקִ֣ים), and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes, and to the cities that are forsaken, which became a prey and derision to the residue of the heathen that are round about;
• Ezekiel 36:6 — Prophesy therefore concerning the land of Israel, and say unto the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers (לָאֲפִיקִ֨ים), and to the valleys, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my fury, because ye have borne the shame of the heathen:
• Joel 1:20 — The beasts of the field cry also unto thee: for the rivers (אֲפִ֣יקֵי) of waters are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness.
• Joel 3:18 — And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers (אֲפִיקֵ֥י) of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of Shittim.