אֲפֵק

a.pheq

Aphek

Strong’s H663Proper name, a place9 times in the Hebrew Bible

aphek9

In the text

Joshua 12:18אֲפֵק
the king of Aphek, one; the king of Lasharon, one;
Judges 1:31אֲפִיק
Asher failed to drive out the inhabitants of Acco, Sidon, Ahlab, Achzib, Helbah, Aphik, and Rehob.
1 Samuel 4:1בַאֲפֵק
Thus the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now the Israelites went out to meet the Philistines in battle and camped at Ebenezer, while the Philistines camped at Aphek.
1 Kings 20:26אֲפֵקָה
In the spring, Ben-hadad mobilized the Arameans and went up to Aphek to fight against Israel.
2 Kings 13:17בַּאֲפֵק
“Open the east window,” said Elisha. So he opened it and Elisha said, “Shoot!” So he shot. And Elisha declared: “This is the LORD’s arrow of victory, the arrow of victory over Aram, for you shall strike the Arameans in Aphek until you have put an end to them.”

אֲפֵק, אֲפִיק n.pr.loc. Aphek (perh. enclosure, or fortress).

1. city near Jezreel

2. city in tribe of Asher

3. city NE. of Beirût, mod. Afqa

4. place near Mizpah

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.