Strong's Lexicon

H650

H650 — אָפִיק

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewaphiyqnoun mascOccurrences: 19TWOT: 149a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H650
Word:	אָפִיק
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	from H622
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	19
Transliteration:	aphiyq
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	aw-feek'
Meaning:	1. (properly) containing 2. a tube 3. (also) a bed or valley of a stream 4. (also) a strong thing or a hero
KJV Renderings:	brook, channel, mighty, river, + scale, stream, strong piece.

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BDB679

[אָפִיק] noun masculine^{2Sam 22:16} channel (as holding, confining waters; in poetry) — constructאֲפִיק Job 6:15 plural אֲפִיקִים Ezek 6:3 +; אֲפִקִים Ezek 32:6 construct אֲפִיקֵי Joel 1:20 +; suffix אֲפִיקֶיךָ Ezek 35:8 אֲפִיקָיו Isa 8:7 — channel = stream-bed, ravine, wady מַיִם ׳ א Ps 42:2; Joel 1:20 compare Joel 4:18; Song 5:12 also Ps 18:16, but better יָם ׳ א 2Sam 22:16 נְחָלִים ׳ א Job 6:15 of river-bed Isa 8:7 so also (without defining word) Ezek 31:12; Ezek 32:6; Ezek 34:13; Ps 126:4 || גַּיְא Ezek 6:3; Ezek 35:8; Ezek 36:4; Ezek 36:6 figurative of bones of hippopotamus (as hollow) נְחֻשָׁה ׳ א Job 40:18 of furrows between scales of crocodile מָגִּנִּים ׳ א Job 41:7 — מְזִיהַ אֲפִיקִים Job 12:21 is dubious; read perhaps אַבִּירִים Du (see also Bu). Thes MV Di and others say girdle of the strong (אָפִיק = firm forceful, or — Di — capable, powerful); || נְדָבִים.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

אֶפִיק (ah-pheek’)

2 Samuel 22:16

KJV: And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuking of the Lord, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.

EHCC: the channels of the sea appeared,

Job 6:15

KJV: My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away;

EHCC: as the pried Neh

Job 12:21

KJV: He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty.weakeneth…: or, looseth the girdle of the strong

EHCC: weakeneth the strength of the mighty.

Job 40:18

KJV: His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron.

EHCC: His bones (are as) Pieces of

Job 41:15

KJV: His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.scales: Heb. strong pieces of shields

EHCC: (7). scales are is) His hy (marg. stroay

Psalms 18:15

KJV: Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O Lord, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.

EHCC: 16). Then the channels of waters

Psalms 42:1

KJV: To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah.As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.Maschil…: or, A Psalm giving instruction of the sons, etcpanteth: Heb. brayeth

EHCC: 2). panteth after the water brooks,

Psalms 126:4

KJV: Turn again our captivity, O Lord, as the streams in the south.

EHCC: aa the streams in the south.

Song of Songs 5:12

KJV: His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set.fitly…: Heb. sitting in fulness, that is, fitly placed, and set as a precious stone in the foil of a ring

EHCC: doves by the rivers of waters,

Song of Songs 81:19

EHCC: broken by all the ears foe land;

Song of Songs 32:6

EHCC: and the rivers ahall be full

Song of Songs 34:13

EHCC: the mountains of Israel by the rivers,

Song of Songs 8:18

EHCC: 4:18( הםא. all the rivers of Judah