Toponym Aphek in the world's Bibles
Meaning of the name: Aphekah, Aphik, strength; a rapid torrent. Related names are: Philistines, Israel, Ben . The translations of Aphek in 21 languages of the Bible are illustrated in the
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below, from A-Phéc in Vietnamese to Afek in Polish!
Wear it!The king of Aphek, one; the king of Lasharon, one; (JOS 12:18)
From the south, all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that is beside the Sidonians, unto Aphek, to the borders of the Amorites: (JOS 13:4)
Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty and two cities with their villages. (JOS 19:30)
And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and pitched beside Eben-ezer: and the Philistines pitched in Aphek. (1SA 4:1)
Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek: and the Israelites pitched by a fountain which is in Jezreel. (1SA 29:1)
And it came to pass at the return of the year, that Ben-hadad numbered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel. (1KI 20:26)
But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and there a wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand of the men that were left. And Ben-hadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber. (1KI 20:30)
And he said, Open the window eastward. And he opened it. Then Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said, The arrow of the LORD's deliverance, and the arrow of deliverance from Syria: for thou shalt smite the Syrians in Aphek, till thou have consumed them. (2KI 13:17)