Lexical Definition

‎אָפִיק‎ ʼâphîyq (aw-feek') channel ^H:N-M
from ‎אָסַף‎

brook, channel, mighty, river, [phrase] scale, stream, strong piece.

• properly, containing, i.e. a tube
• also a bed or valley of astream
• also a strong thing or a hero

1) channel
2) ravine
3) of hollow bones (fig.)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎אָפִיק‎] noun masculine^{2Sam 22:16} channel (as holding, confining waters; in poetry) — construct‎אֲפִיק‎ Job 6:15 plural‎אֲפִיקִים‎ Ezek 6:3 +; ‎אֲפִקִים‎ Ezek 32:6 construct ‎אֲפִיקֵי‎ Joel 1:20 +; suffix ‎אֲפִיקֶיךָ‎ Ezek 35:8 ‎אֲפִיקָיו‎ Isa 8:7 — channel = stream-bed, ravine, wady ‎מַיִם‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ Ps 42:2*; Joel 1:20 compare Joel 4:18*; Song 5:12 also Ps 18:16*, but better ‎יָם‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ 2Sam 22:16 ‎נְחָלִים‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ Job 6:15 of river-bed Isa 8:7 so also (without defining word) Ezek 31:12; Ezek 32:6; Ezek 34:13; Ps 126:4 || ‎גַּיְא‎ Ezek 6:3; Ezek 35:8; Ezek 36:4; Ezek 36:6 figurative of bones of hippopotamus (as hollow) ‎נְחֻשָׁה‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ Job 40:18 of furrows between scales of crocodile ‎מָגִּנִּים‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ Job 41:7* — ‎מְזִיהַ אֲפִיקִים‎ Job 12:21 is dubious; read perhaps ‎אַבִּירִים‎ Du (see also Bu). Thes MV Di and others say girdle of the strong (‎אָפִיק‎ = firm forceful, or — Di — capable, powerful); || ‎נְדָבִים‎.

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