Aphek
אֲפֵקStrong’s H0663apheq (a-pheq)
Appears in 9 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Apheq is the Hebrew word usually translated “aphek towards”, “aphek” and “at aphek”. It appears in 9 verses of the Old Testament.
“The king of Aphek, one; the king of Lasharon, one;”
Meaning
- Aphek or Aphik = "enclosure"
- § Aphek or Aphik = "enclosure"
- § Aphek or Aphik = "enclosure"
How it's translated
- aphek towards 4
- aphek 2
- and aphek 1
- at aphek 1
- in aphek 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Joshua 3
- 1 Samuel 2
- 1 Kings 2
- Judges 1
- 2 Kings 1
5 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Joshua 13:4From the south, all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that is beside the Sidonians unto Aphek, to the borders of the Amorites:
- Joshua 19:30Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty and two cities with their villages.
- Judges 1:31Neither 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, nor of Rehob:
- 1 Samuel 4:1And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and pitched beside Ebenezer: and the Philistines pitched in Aphek.
- 1 Samuel 29:1Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek: and the Israelites pitched by a fountain which is in Jezreel.
- 1 Kings 20:26And it came to pass at the return of the year, that Benhadad numbered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel.
Hebrew dictionary
אֲפֵק apheq · Aphek
Aphek or Aphik = "enclosure" a Canaanite city near Jezreel Also named: a.phe.qah (אֲפֵקָה "Aphekah" H0664)
אֲפֵק apheq · Aphek
§ Aphek or Aphik = "enclosure" a city northeast of Beirut in Transjordan
אֲפֵק apheq · Aphek
§ Aphek or Aphik = "enclosure" a city in territory of Asher
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.