אָפַק
ʼâphaq · aw-fak'
to contain, i.e. (reflex.) abstain
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to contain, i.e. (reflex.) abstain
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: force (oneself), restrain.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › to speak, the word › what comes behind, the returning cycle
Strength, the leader that works to speak, the word of what comes behind, the returning cycle.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אָפַק above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
7 occurrences · 7 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and refrained2 · 29%
- not refrain1 · 14%
- i forced1 · 14%
- refrained1 · 14%
- toward me? are they restrained1 · 14%
- wilt thou refrain1 · 14%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.