aphik Summary and Overview
Bible Dictionaries at a Glance
aphik in Easton's Bible Dictionary
(Judg. 1:31); Aphek (Josh. 13:4; 19:30), stronghold. (1.) A city of the tribe of Asher. It was the scene of the licentious worship of the Syrian Aphrodite. The ruins of the temple, "magnificent ruins" in a "spot of strange wildness and beauty", are still seen at Afka, on the north-west slopes of Lebanon, near the source of the river Adonis (now Nahr Ibrahim), 12 miles east of Gebal. (2.) A city of the tribe of Issachar, near to Jezreel (1 Sam. 4:1; 29:1; compare 28:4). (3.) A town on the road from Damascus to Israel, in the level plain east of Jordan, near which Benhadad was defeated by the Israelites (1 Kings 20:26, 30; 2 Kings 13:17). It has been identified with the modern Fik, 6 miles east of the Sea of Galilee, opposite Tiberias.
aphik in Smith's Bible Dictionary
(strong), a city of Asher from which the Canaanites were not driven out. #Jud 1:31| Probably the same place as APHEK, 2.
aphik in Schaff's Bible Dictionary
A'PHIK . Jud 1:31. See Aphek (2).