H650 אָפִיק (ʼâphîyq) aw-feek'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

channel

Strong's Definition

properly, containing, i.e. a tube; also a bed or valley of astream; also a strong thing or a hero

Derivation: from H622 (אָסַף);

KJV Usage: brook, channel, mighty, river, [phrase] scale, stream, strong piece.

TWOT Reference: 149a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) channel

2) ravine

3) of hollow bones (fig.)

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

אָפִיק (a.phiq) — channel. 1) channel 2) ravine 3) of hollow bones (fig.)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

אָפִיק (H0650)

noun m · אפק

Waterbodies | ≈ גַּיְא

wadi, watercourse = river bed that contains water in the rainy season only; ≈ considered as deceptive as one never can never be entirely sure as to whether they contain water or not

JOB 6:15 · PSA 42:2 · PSA 126:4 · SNG 5:12 · ISA 8:7 · EZK 6:3 · EZK 31:12 · EZK 32:6 · EZK 34:13 · EZK 35:8 · EZK 36:4 · EZK 36:6 · JOL 1:20 · JOL 4:18

Land

bed (of river or sea) = bottom of a body of water

2SA 22:16 · PSA 18:16

Shape | ≈ מְטִיל

bar, tube exact meaning unsure; probably: = long, slender object

JOB 40:18

Shape

row exact meaning unsure; probably: = quantity of objects arranged in a straight line

JOB 41:7

adj · אפק

People | ≈ נָדִיב

strong (person), mighty (person) = person with military and/or political strength

JOB 12:21

¹ PSA 18:16 RSV NIV NJPS NJB NRSV GNT CEV "sea, ocean" in analogy with 2 Sam 22:16 | REB "waters"

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[אָפִיק] n.m. channel (as holding, confining water; poet.) base

Bible Occurrences (18)

22:16

6:15 12:21 40:18 41:15

18:15 42:1 126:4

8:7

6:3 31:12 32:6 34:13 35:8 36:4 36:6

1:20 3:18

2 Samuel 22:16

The channels of the sea appeared, [and] the foundations of the world were exposed at the rebuke of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of His nostrils.

Job 6:15

[But] my brothers are as faithless as wadis, as seasonal streams... that overflow,

Job 12:21

He pours out contempt on nobles and disarms... the mighty.

Job 40:18

His bones are tubes of bronze; his limbs are rods of iron.

Job 41:15

[His] rows of scales are [his] pride, tightly sealed together....

Isaiah 8:7

the Lord will surely bring against them the mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates the king of Assyria and all his pomp. It will overflow...... its channels and overrun...... its banks.

Ezekiel 6:3

You are to say: O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD! This is what the Lord GOD says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys:... I am about to bring a sword against you, and I will destroy your high places.

Ezekiel 31:12

Foreigners, the most ruthless of the nations, cut it down and left it. Its branches have fallen on the mountains and in every valley; its boughs lay broken in all the earth’s ravines. And all the peoples of the earth left its shade and abandoned it.