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Aphekah

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)· Public Domain

(strong place), a city of Judah, in the mountains (Joshua 15:53) probably the same as Aphek, 1.

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia on Aphekah

Aphekah a-fe'-ka ('apheqah, "force" or "strength"): An unidentified city in the hill country of Judah (Jos 15:53). ⇒See a list of verses on APHEKAH in the Bible. ⇒See also the McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia.

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Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible on Aphekah

A city not yet clearly identi- fied. It may have been in the mountains of Judah (Jos 15"), but is probably the same place as Aphek 1. W. Ewing. APHERRi ('Ai^ppd), 1 Es 5".— His descendants were among the ' sons of Solomon's servants ' who returned with Zerubbabel. This name, with the five preceding and two succeeding names, has no equivalent in the parallel lists of Ezr and Neh. U. St. J. Thackeray.

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References

Orr, J. (ed.) (1915) The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. Chicago: Howard-Severance Company. [Public Domain]
Easton, M.G. (1893) Easton's Bible Dictionary. 3rd edn. Thomas Nelson. [Public Domain]
Nave, O.J. (1897) Nave's Topical Bible. Topical Bible Publishing Co.. [Public Domain]
Hastings, J. (ed.) (1909) A Dictionary of the Bible. Edinburgh: T&T Clark. [Public Domain]
Smith, W. (ed.) (1884) Smith's Bible Dictionary. London: John Murray. [Public Domain]
Fausset, A.R. (1878) Fausset's Bible Dictionary. [Public Domain]A Critical and Expository Bible Cyclopaedia

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