To refrain
אָפַקStrong’s H0662aphaq (a-phaq)
Appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Aphaq is the Hebrew word usually translated “restrained himself”, “restrain himself” and “forced myself”. It appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament.
“And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself, and said, Set on bread.”
Meaning
- To hold, be strong, restrain, hold back(Hithpael)
How it's translated
- and he restrained himself 2
- to restrain himself 1
- and i forced myself 1
- i have restrained myself 1
- they have restrained themselves 1
- will you restrain yourself 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Isaiah 3
- Genesis 2
- 1 Samuel 1
- Esther 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 45:1Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren.
- 1 Samuel 13:12Therefore said I, The Philistines will come down now upon me to Gilgal, and I have not made supplication unto the LORD: I forced myself therefore, and offered a burnt offering.
- Esther 5:10Nevertheless Haman refrained himself: and when he came home, he sent and called for his friends, and Zeresh his wife.
- Isaiah 42:14I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once.
- Isaiah 63:15Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained?
- Isaiah 64:12Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O LORD? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?
Hebrew dictionary
אָפַק aphaq · to refrain
1) to hold, be strong, restrain, hold back 1a) (Hithpael) 1a1) to restrain oneself, refrain 1a2) to force, compel oneself
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “refrain” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
REFRA'IN, verb transitive
[Latin refaeno; re and fraeno, to curb; fraenum, a rein. See Rein.]
- “My son - refrain thy foot from their path” Proverbs 1:15“Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by” Genesis 45:1
All definitions and other forms of “refrain”
REFRA'IN, verb intransitive
To forbear; to abstain; to keep one's self from action or interference.
- “Refrain from these men and let them alone” Acts 5:38
REFRA'IN, noun
The burden of a song; a kind of musical repetition.
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.