ʼĂphêq — H663

Definition

locative proper noun

Aphek (or Aphik), the name of three places in Palestine

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

Usually translated as

Aphek, Aphik

Origin

or ʼĂphîyq; from H662 (in the sense of strength); fortress

• Derived from ʼâphaq (H662)

Greek equivalents

• áphesis (G859)
• kŷma (G2949)
• pēgḗ (G4077)
• pleurá (G4125)
• plḗrōma (G4138)
• pháranx (G5327)
• cheímarrhos (G5493)

Occurrences

ʼĂphêq occurs 9 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Joshua (3), Judges (1), 1 Samuel (2), 1 Kings (2), 2 Kings (1)

• Joshua 12:18 — The king of Aphek (אֲפֵק֙), one; the king of Lasharon, one;
• Joshua 13:4 — From the south, all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that is beside the Sidonians, unto Aphek (אֲפֵ֑קָה), to the borders of the Amorites:
• Joshua 19:30 — Ummah also, and Aphek (וַאֲפֵ֖ק), and Rehob: twenty and two cities with their villages.
• Judges 1:31 — Neither did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Accho, nor the inhabitants of Zidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik (אֲפִ֖יק), nor of Rehob:
• 1 Samuel 4:1 — And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and pitched beside Eben-ezer: and the Philistines pitched in Aphek (בַאֲפֵֽק).
• 1 Samuel 29:1 — Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek (אֲפֵ֑קָה): and the Israelites pitched by a fountain which is in Jezreel.
• 1 Kings 20:26 — And it came to pass at the return of the year, that Ben-hadad numbered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek (אֲפֵ֔קָה), to fight against Israel.
• 1 Kings 20:30 — But the rest fled to Aphek (אֲפֵקָה֮), into the city; and there a wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand of the men that were left. And Ben-hadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber.
• 2 Kings 13:17 — And he said, Open the window eastward. And he opened it. Then Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said, The arrow of the LORD’s deliverance, and the arrow of deliverance from Syria: for thou shalt smite the Syrians in Aphek (בַּאֲפֵ֖ק), till thou have consumed them.