# H663 אֲפֵק

אֲפֵק (ʼĂphêq), Strong’s H663: Aphek (or Aphik), the name of three places in Palestine KJV: Aphek, Aphik.. Occurs 9 times.

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*ʼĂphêq* — Aphek (or Aphik), the name of three places in Palestine

KJV: Aphek, Aphik.

Derived from [אָפַק ʼâphaq](https://besorah.bible/word/H662) (to contain)

Occurs 9 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- 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

## Where it occurs
- [Joshua 12:18](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/joshua/12?v=18) — the king of Aphek, one; the king of Lassharon, one;
- [Joshua 13:4](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/joshua/13?v=4) — on the south; all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that belongs to the Sidonians, to Aphek, to the border of the…
- [Joshua 19:30](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/joshua/19?v=30) — Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty-two cities with their villages.
- [Judges 1:31](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/1?v=31) — Asher didn’t drive out the inhabitants of Acco, nor the inhabitants of Sidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of…
- [1 Samuel 4:1](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/4?v=1) — The word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and encamped beside…
- [1 Samuel 29:1](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/29?v=1) — Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek; and the Israelites encamped by the spring which is in…
- [1 Kings 20:26](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/20?v=26) — At the return of the year, Ben Hadad mustered the Syrians and went up to Aphek to fight against Israel.
- [1 Kings 20:30](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/20?v=30) — But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and the wall fell on twenty-seven thousand men who were left. Ben Hadad fled…
- [2 Kings 13:17](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/13?v=17) — He said, “Open the window eastward;” and he opened it. Then Elisha said, “Shoot!” and he shot. He said, “The LORD’s…