- Original: אפק
- Transliteration: 'aphaq
- Phonetic: aw-fak'
- Definition:
1. to hold, be strong, restrain, hold back
a. (Hithpael)
1. to restrain oneself, refrain
2. to force, compel oneself
- Origin: a primitive root
- TWOT entry: 149
- Part(s) of speech: Verb
- Strong's: A primitive root; to contain that is (reflexively) abstain: - force (oneself) restrain.
Total KJV Occurrences: 7
• himself, 3
Genesis 43:31;
Genesis 45:1;
Esther 5:10
• myself, 2
1 Samuel 13:12;
Isaiah 42:14
• restrained, 1
Isaiah 63:15
• thyself, 1
Isaiah 64:12