אֲפֵקʼĂphêq
proper name [of a location]: Aphek
Pronunciation: af-ake' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H663
Meanings
1. city near Jezreel (Joshua 12:18; 1 Samuel 29:1; 1 Kings 20:26)
2. city in tribe of Asher (Joshua 19:30; Judges 1:31)
3. city northeast of Beirût (Joshua 13:4)
4. place near Mizpah (1 Samuel 4:1; 1 Samuel 7:12)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 9 times in the Bible.
- Joshua 12:18 The king of Aphek The king of Lasharon
- Joshua 13:4 in the south also remains to be conquered. In the north, the following area has not yet been conquered: all the land of the Canaanites, including Mearah (which belongs to the Sidonians), stretching northward to Aphek on the border of the Amorites;
- Joshua 19:30 Ummah, Aphek, and Rehob—twenty-two towns with their surrounding villages.
- Judges 1:31 The tribe of Asher failed to drive out the residents of Acco, Sidon, Ahlab, Aczib, Helbah, Aphik, and Rehob.
- 1 Samuel 4:1 And Samuel’s words went out to all the people of Israel. At that time Israel was at war with the Philistines. The Israelite army was camped near Ebenezer, and the Philistines were at Aphek.
- 1 Samuel 29:1 The entire Philistine army now mobilized at Aphek, and the Israelites camped at the spring in Jezreel.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).