Word

אָפַק

ʼâphaq · H662 · Hebrew · 7 occurrences

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Meanings

to restrain oneself

To restrain oneself from showing emotions

Examples
Genesis 43:31 Then he washed his face and came out; and he controlled himself and said, “Serve the meal.”
Genesis 45:1 Then Joseph could not control himself in front of everyone standing before him, and he shouted, “Have everyone leave me!” So there was no one with him when Joseph made himself known to his brothers.
Esther 5:10 Haman controlled himself, however, and went to his house. But he sent for his friends and his wife Zeresh.
to force oneself

Action by which someone forces oneself to act

Examples
1 Samuel 13:12 I thought, ‘Now the Philistines will come down against me at Gilgal, and I have not asked the favor of the LORD.’ So I worked up the courage and offered the burnt offering.”

How it’s used In 3 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

7 occurrences in 7 groups

Not stated: I 2
הָמוֹןmultitude, tumult, abundance 1
הָמָןHaman 1
רַחַםcompassion 1
Not stated: you (one person) 1
Not stated: he, she or it 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

3 occurrences in 3 groups

אֵלto, toward+ נִיme 1
עַלon, upon, over, against+ אֵלֶּהthese 1
לto/for+ נָצַבto stand 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

1 occurrences in 1 groups

לto/for 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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In the other Testament 1 word

ἀνέχομαι anéchomai · G430 · to be patient with, to have patience, patience: Greek ἀνέχομαι emphasizes patient endurance or tolerance in bearing with something/someone, whereas Hebrew אָפַק focuses on active self-control or restraint of one's own impulses or actions.

Semantic domains 2 entries

Control002003002007: אָפַק describes restraining or controlling oneself, as Joseph controlling himself before revealing who he was to his brothers.
Engage002003003011: The word can also describe forcing oneself to act, as Saul forcing himself to offer the burnt offering against his better judgment.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H662. aphaq [אָפַק] verb hold, be strong (so Thes who compare Arabic excel = multum…

H662. aphaq
[אָפַק] verb hold, be strong (so Thes who compare Arabic excel = multum valuit; MV compare also ) — only
Hithpa`el Perfect3plural הִתְאַמָּ֑קוּ Isa 63:15; Imperfect וַיִּתְאַפַק Gen 43:21; Est 5:10; Est 5:2masculine singular תִּתְאַמַּק Isa 64:11; אֶתְאַמָּ֑ק Isa 42:14; וָאֶתְאַמַּק 1Sa 13:12 —
1 force, compel oneself 1Sa 13:12.
2 restrain oneself, refrain Gen 43:31; Gen 45:1; Isa 42:14; Est 5:10; of ׳י Isa 64:11; of Yahweh's compassion Isa 63:15, הִתְּאַמָּ֑קוּ אֵלַי וְרַחֲמֶיךָ מֵעֶיךָ (almost passive).

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries

Control6 occurrences Engage1 occurrence

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0