Channel
אָפִיקStrong’s H0650aphiq (a-phiq)
Appears in 19 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Aphiq is the Hebrew word usually translated “channels of”, “ravines” and “ravines of”. It appears in 19 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the channels 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.”
Meaning
- Channel
- Ravine
- Of hollow bones (fig.)
How it's translated
- channels of 5
- to the ravines 3
- ravines of 2
- like a stream-bed of 1
- strong people 1
- tubes of 1
- rows of 1
- like stream-beds 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezekiel 7
- Job 4
- Psalms 3
- Joel 2
- 2 Samuel 1
- Song of Solomon 1
7 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Job 6:15My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away;
- Job 12:21He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty.
- Job 40:18His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron.
- Job 41:15His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.
- Psalms 18:15Then the channels 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 42:1As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.
Hebrew dictionary
אָפִיק aphiq · channel
1) channel 2) ravine 3) of hollow bones (fig.)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “channel” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CHANNEL, noun
- In a general sense, a passage; a place of passing or flowing; particularly, a water course.
- The place where a river flows, including the whole breadth of the river.
- The deeper part of a strait, bay, or harbor, where the principal current flows, either of tide or fresh water, or which is the most convenient for the track of a ship.
- That through which any thing passes; means of passing, conveying, or transmitting; as, the news was conveyed to us by different channels.
All definitions and other forms of “channel”
- A gutter or furrow in a column.
- An arm of the sea; a straight or narrow sea, between two continents, or between a continent and an isle; as the British or Irish channel
- Channels of a ship. [See Chain-wales.]
CHANNEL, verb transitive
To form a channel; to cut channels in; to groove; as, to channel a field or a column.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.