{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H662",
  "lemma": "אָפַק",
  "transliteration": "ʼâphaq",
  "definition": "to contain, i.e. (reflex.) abstain",
  "kjv": "force (oneself), restrain.",
  "occurrences": 7,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "[אָפַק] vb. hold, be strong—only Hithp.",
    "1. force, compel oneself",
    "2. restrain oneself, refrain"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 43:31",
      "text": "He washed his face, and came out. He controlled himself, and said, “Serve the meal.”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/43?v=31"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 45:1",
      "text": "Then Joseph couldn’t control himself before all those who stood before him, and he called out, “Cause everyone to go…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/45?v=1"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 13:12",
      "text": "therefore I said, ‘Now the Philistines will come down on me to Gilgal, and I haven’t entreated the favor of the LORD.’…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/13?v=12"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 42:14",
      "text": "“I have been silent a long time. I have been quiet and restrained myself. Now I will cry out like a travailing woman. I…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/42?v=14"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 63:15",
      "text": "Look down from heaven, and see from the habitation of your holiness and of your glory. Where are your zeal and your…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/63?v=15"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 64:11",
      "text": "Will you hold yourself back for these things, LORD? Will you keep silent and punish us very severely?",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/64?v=11"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Esther 5:10",
      "text": "Nevertheless Haman restrained himself, and went home. There, he sent and called for his friends and Zeresh his wife.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/esther/5?v=10"
    }
  ],
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