# H662 אָפַק

אָפַק (ʼâphaq), Strong’s H662: to contain, i.e. (reflex.) abstain KJV: force (oneself), restrain.. Occurs 7 times.

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*ʼâphaq* — to contain, i.e. (reflex.) abstain

KJV: force (oneself), restrain.

Occurs 7 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- [אָפַק] vb. hold, be strong—only Hithp.
- 1 force, compel oneself
- 2 restrain oneself, refrain

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 43:31](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/43?v=31) — He washed his face, and came out. He controlled himself, and said, “Serve the meal.”
- [Genesis 45:1](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/45?v=1) — Then Joseph couldn’t control himself before all those who stood before him, and he called out, “Cause everyone to go…
- [1 Samuel 13:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/13?v=12) — therefore I said, ‘Now the Philistines will come down on me to Gilgal, and I haven’t entreated the favor of the LORD.’…
- [Isaiah 42:14](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/42?v=14) — “I have been silent a long time. I have been quiet and restrained myself. Now I will cry out like a travailing woman. I…
- [Isaiah 63:15](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/63?v=15) — Look down from heaven, and see from the habitation of your holiness and of your glory. Where are your zeal and your…
- [Isaiah 64:11](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/64?v=11) — Will you hold yourself back for these things, LORD? Will you keep silent and punish us very severely?
- [Esther 5:10](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/esther/5?v=10) — Nevertheless Haman restrained himself, and went home. There, he sent and called for his friends and Zeresh his wife.