Strong's Hebrew: 662. אָפַק (aphaq) -- to hold, be strong

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aphaq: to hold, be strong

Original Word: אָפַק
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: aphaq
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-fak')
Short Definition: controlled

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
a prim. root
Definition
to hold, be strong
NASB Translation
control (1), controlled (2), forced (1), restrain (1), restrained (2).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[אָפַק] verb hold, be strong (so Thes who compare Arabic

excel = multum valuit; MV compare also

) — only

Hithpa`el Perfect3plural הִתְאַמָּ֑קוּ Isaiah 63:15; Imperfect וַיִּתְאַפַק Genesis 43:21; Esther 5:10; 2masculine singular תִּתְאַמַּק Isaiah 64:11; אֶתְאַמָּ֑ק Isaiah 42:14; וָאֶתְאַמַּק 1 Samuel 13:12 —

1 force, compel oneself 1 Samuel 13:12.

2 restrain oneself, refrain Genesis 43:31; Genesis 45:1; Isaiah 42:14; Esther 5:10; of ׳י Isaiah 64:11; of Yahweh's compassion Isaiah 63:15, מֵעֶיךָ וְרַחֲמֶיךָ אֵלַי הִתְּאַמָּ֑קוּ (almost passive).

Strong's

force oneself, restrain

A primitive root; to contain, i.e. (reflex.) Abstain -- force (oneself), restrain.