Strong H663H663Iאֲפֵק
Aphek
One of the 3 senses of Strong H663
- Transliteration
- 'ăphêq 'ăphîyq
- Pronunciation
- {af-ake'} af-eek'
- Morphology
- Proper Name of a Location with no gender
Definition
Aphek, a city in the north, where the Arameans fought against Israel.
Meaning of the name
Aphek or Aphik = "enclosure"
General definition
From H662 (in the sense of strength);
fortress;
Aphek (or {Aphik }) the name of three places in Palestine: - {Aphek} Aphik.
fortress;
Aphek (or {Aphik }) the name of three places in Palestine: - {Aphek} Aphik.
In the biblical story
Aphek
A city in the north, site of Aramean battles.
Aphek, a city in the north, where the Arameans fought against Israel.
In the Bible
Strong H663I appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- aphek3
First verses
- 1 Kings 20:26And it came to pass at the return of the year, that Ben–hadad numbered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel.
- 1 Kings 20:30But the rest fled to Aphek, 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 13:17And 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, till thou have consumed them.