Strong's Hebrew #663 - אֲפֵק Apheq (perhaps "fortress")

Aphek, Aphik

Or raphiyq {af-eek'}; from 'aphaq (in the sense of strength); fortress; Aphek (or Aphik), the name of three places in Palestine -- Aphek, Aphik.

see HEBREW 'aphaq

Aphek or Aphik = “enclosure”
1) a Canaanite city near Jezreel
2) a city in territory of Asher
3) a city northeast of Beirut in Transjordan
Part of Speech: noun proper locative
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H662 (in the sense of strength)

אֲפֵק אֲפִיק (Judges 1:31) proper name, of a location Aphek (perhaps enclosure, or fortress). **now probable that 1 should include Joshua 12:18; 1 Samuel 4:1; 1 Samuel 29:1 and 2 Kings 13:22: ᵐ5L; town not near Jezreel, but at north end of philistine plain; compare ᵐ5L^i. with We^{compare 254} Dr^{1Sam 29:11} RS^{OTJC 2.435} GASm^{Geogr. 400 f.} Buhl^{Geogr. 212} (and N.) Bu^{RS 235 f.}; more doubtful are 1 Kings 20:26; 1 Kings 20:30; 2 Kings 13:17 (Kit 1 Kings 20:26); these, with Joshua 19:30; Judges 1:31, might denote an Aphek near Jezreel.

1 city near Jezreel (Assyrian Ap‡u, compare Dl^{Pa 287}) Joshua 12:18; 1 Samuel 29:1 (אֲפֵ֑קָה, so) 1 Kings 20:26,30 compare 2 Kings 13:7

2 city in tribe of Asher Joshua 19:30; Judges 1:31 (אֲפִיק).

3 city northeast of Beirût, modern Afqa Joshua 13:4 אֲפֵ֑קָת see Di.

4 place near Mizpah 1 Samuel 4:1 (compare 1 Samuel 7:12).

Strong's Hebrew: 663. אֲפֵק (Apheq) — 9 Occurrences

Joshua 12:18
HEB: מֶ֤לֶךְ אֲפֵק֙ אֶחָ֔ד מֶ֥לֶךְ
NAS: the king of Aphek, one; the king
KJV: The king of Aphek, one; the king
INT: the king of Aphek one the king

Joshua 13:4
HEB: לַצִּידֹנִ֖ים עַד־ אֲפֵ֑קָה עַ֖ד גְּב֥וּל
NAS: as far as Aphek, to the border
KJV: that [is] beside the Sidonians, unto Aphek, to the borders
INT: Sidonians far Aphek far to the border

Joshua 19:30
HEB: וְעֻמָ֥ה וַאֲפֵ֖ק וּרְחֹ֑ב עָרִ֛ים
NAS: [Included] also [were] Ummah, and Aphek and Rehob;
KJV: Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob:
INT: also Ummah and Aphek and Rehob cities

Judges 1:31
HEB: חֶלְבָּ֔ה וְאֶת־ אֲפִ֖יק וְאֶת־ רְחֹֽב׃
NAS: or of Helbah, or of Aphik, or of Rehob.
KJV: nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob:
INT: of Achzib of Helbah of Aphik of Rehob

1 Samuel 4:1
HEB: וּפְלִשְׁתִּ֖ים חָנ֥וּ בַאֲפֵֽק׃
NAS: while the Philistines camped in Aphek.
KJV: and the Philistines pitched in Aphek.
INT: the Philistines camped Aphek

1 Samuel 29:1
HEB: כָּל־ מַחֲנֵיהֶ֖ם אֲפֵ֑קָה וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל חֹנִ֔ים
NAS: their armies to Aphek, while the Israelites
KJV: all their armies to Aphek: and the Israelites
INT: all their armies to Aphek the Israelites were camping

1 Kings 20:26
HEB: אֲרָ֑ם וַיַּ֣עַל אֲפֵ֔קָה לַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה עִם־
NAS: and went up to Aphek to fight
KJV: and went up to Aphek, to fight
INT: the Arameans and went to Aphek to fight against

1 Kings 20:30
HEB: וַיָּנֻ֨סוּ הַנּוֹתָרִ֥ים ׀ אֲפֵקָה֮ אֶל־ הָעִיר֒
NAS: fled to Aphek into the city,
KJV: fled to Aphek, into the city;
INT: fled were left to Aphek into the city

2 Kings 13:17
HEB: אֶת־ אֲרָ֛ם בַּאֲפֵ֖ק עַד־ כַּלֵּֽה׃
NAS: the Arameans at Aphek until
KJV: the Syrians in Aphek, till thou have consumed
INT: will defeat the Arameans Aphek until have destroyed