Hebrew noun (masculine) · H650
אָפִיק
aphiqaw-feek'
channel
19 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʼâphîyq
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H650is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 7 of 39Old Testament books
- 15spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H650
properly, containing, i.e. a tube; also a bed or valley of astream; also a strong thing or a hero
The King James renders it: brook, channel, mighty, river, [phrase] scale, stream, strong piece.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
aphiq is rendered "channel". It stands 19 times in the Hebrew text, across seven books.
- Seven of the uses stand in Ezekiel, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.2 Samuel 22:16The 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.
- The Greek text spells it fifteen different ways.
The first use
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.
2 Samuel 22:16אֲפִ֣קֵי
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- channels of5
- to the ravines3
- ravines of2
- and ravines1
- channels its1
- in the ravines1
- like a stream-bed of1
- like stream-beds1
- ravines your1
- rows of1
- strong people1
- tubes of1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| אָפִיל | aphil | late | Uses1 |
The words it stands beside
All 19, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
15 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- אֲפִיקֵ֣י3
- אֲפִ֣יקֵי2
- לָאֲפִיקִ֣ים2
- אֲפִ֥יקֵי1
- אֲפִיקֵ֥י1
- אֲפִֽיקֵי־1
- אֲפִיקָ֔יו1
- אֲפִיקֶ֔יךָ1
- אֲפִיקִ֣ים1
- אֲפִ֣קֵי1
- בָּאֲפִיקִ֕ים1
- וַאֲפִקִ֖ים1
and 3 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)9HNcmpc
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine plural4HRd/Ncmpa
- adjective · masculine plural1HAampa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural1HC/Ncmpa
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1HNcmpc/Sp2ms
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HNcmpc/Sp3ms
- preposition + noun · masculine plural1HR/Ncmpa
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HR/Ncmsc
2 Samuel
one use
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.
- אֲפִ֣קֵיʾafikeinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: channels of
Job
four uses
But my brothers are as faithless as wadis, as seasonal streams that overflow,
- כַּאֲפִ֖יקkaafikpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: like a stream-bed of
He pours out contempt on nobles and disarms the mighty.
- אֲפִיקִ֣יםʾafikimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: strong people
His bones are tubes of bronze; his limbs are rods of iron.
- אֲפִיקֵ֣יʾafikeinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: tubes of
His rows of scales are his pride, tightly sealed together.
- אֲפִיקֵ֣יʾafikeinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: rows of
Psalms
three uses
The channels of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the world were exposed, at Your rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.
- אֲפִ֥יקֵיʾafikeinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: channels of
As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul longs after You, O God.
- אֲפִֽיקֵי־ʾafikei-noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: channels of
Restore our captives, O LORD, like streams in the Negev.
- כַּאֲפִיקִ֥יםkaafikimpreposition + noun · masculine pluraltagged: like stream-beds
Song of Solomon
one use
His eyes are like doves beside the streams of water, bathed in milk and mounted like jewels.
- אֲפִ֣יקֵיʾafikeinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: channels of
Isaiah
one use
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.
- אֲפִיקָ֔יוʾafikavnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: channels its
Ezekiel
seven uses
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.
- לָאֲפִיקִ֣יםlaafikimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluraltagged: to the ravines
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.
- אֲפִיקֵ֣יʾafikeinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: ravines of
I will drench the land with the flow of your blood, all the way to the mountains—the ravines will be filled.
- וַאֲפִקִ֖יםvaafikimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and ravines
I will bring them out from the peoples, gather them from the countries, and bring them into their own land. I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, in the ravines, and in all the settlements of the land.
- בָּאֲפִיקִ֕יםbaafikimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluraltagged: in the ravines
I will fill its mountains with the slain; those killed by the sword will fall on your hills, in your valleys, and in all your ravines.
- אֲפִיקֶ֔יךָʾafikeichanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: ravines your
therefore, 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, to the desolate ruins and abandoned cities, which have become a spoil and a mockery to the rest of the nations around you.
- לָאֲפִיקִ֣יםlaafikimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluraltagged: to the ravines
Therefore, prophesy concerning the land of Israel and tell the mountains and hills, the ravines and valleys, that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I have spoken in My burning zeal because you have endured the reproach of the nations.
- לָאֲפִיקִ֨יםlaafikimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluraltagged: to the ravines
Joel
two uses
Even the beasts of the field pant for You, for the streams of water have dried up, and fire has consumed the open pastures.
- אֲפִ֣יקֵיʾafikeinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: channels of
And in that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine, and the hills will flow with milk. All the streams of Judah will run with water, and a spring will flow from the house of the LORD to water the Valley of Acacias.
- אֲפִיקֵ֥יʾafikeinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: ravines of
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.