Hebrew verb · H662
אָפַק
aphaqaw-fak'
to refrain
7 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʼâphaq
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H662is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 39Old Testament books
- 7spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H662
to contain, i.e. (reflex.) abstain
The King James renders it: force (oneself), restrain.
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
aphaq is rendered "to refrain". It stands 7 times in the Hebrew text, across four books.
- Three of the uses stand in Isaiah, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 43:31Then he washed his face and came back out. Regaining his composure, he said, “Serve the meal.”
- The Greek text spells it seven different ways.
The first use
Then he washed his face and came back out. Regaining his composure, he said, “Serve the meal.”
Genesis 43:31וַיִּ֨תְאַפַּ֔ק
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
- and he restrained himself2
- and I forced myself1
- I have restrained myself1
- they have restrained themselves1
- to restrain himself1
- will you restrain yourself1
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.
All 7, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
7 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
- אֶתְאַפָּ֑ק1
- הִתְאַפָּֽקוּ׃1
- וָֽאֶתְאַפַּ֔ק1
- וַיִּ֨תְאַפַּ֔ק1
- וַיִּתְאַפַּ֣ק1
- לְהִתְאַפֵּ֗ק1
- תִתְאַפַּ֖ק1
The grammar of each form
- Hc/Vtw3ms2Hc/Vtw3ms
- Hc/Vtw1cs1Hc/Vtw1cs
- preposition + verb · reflexive (hithpael), infinitive (“to…”)1HR/Vtcc
- verb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular1HVti1cs
- verb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular1HVti2ms
- verb · reflexive (hithpael), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural1HVtp3cp
Genesis
two uses
Then he washed his face and came back out. Regaining his composure, he said, “Serve the meal.”
- וַיִּ֨תְאַפַּ֔קvaiyitapakHc/Vtw3mstagged: and he restrained himself
Then Joseph could no longer control himself before all his attendants, and he cried out, “Send everyone away from me!” So none of them were with Joseph when he made himself known to his brothers.
- לְהִתְאַפֵּ֗קlehitapekpreposition + verb · reflexive (hithpael), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to restrain himself
1 Samuel
one use
I thought, ‘Now the Philistines will descend upon me at Gilgal, and I have not sought the favor of the LORD.’ So I felt compelled to offer the burnt offering.”
- וָֽאֶתְאַפַּ֔קvaetapakHc/Vtw1cstagged: and I forced myself
Esther
one use
Nevertheless, Haman restrained himself and went home. And calling for his friends and his wife Zeresh,
- וַיִּתְאַפַּ֣קvaiyitapakHc/Vtw3mstagged: and he restrained himself
Isaiah
three uses
“I have kept silent from ages past; I have remained quiet and restrained. But now I will groan like a woman in labor; I will at once gasp and pant.
- אֶתְאַפָּ֑קʾetapakverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have restrained myself
Look down from heaven and see, from Your holy and glorious habitation. Where are Your zeal and might? Your yearning and compassion for me are restrained.
- הִתְאַפָּֽקוּ׃hitapakuverb · reflexive (hithpael), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have restrained themselves
After all this, O LORD, will You restrain Yourself? Will You keep silent and afflict us beyond measure?
- תִתְאַפַּ֖קtitapakverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: will you restrain yourself
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 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.