HebrewH0647Proper Noun (Masculine)
אֲפִיחַ
a.phi.ach
“Aphiah”
1Occurrences
H0647Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech
Definition
Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)
Aphiach, an Israelite
perhaps from H6315 (פּוּחַ); breeze;
Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of United Monarchy, only mentioned at ; father of: Becorath (H1064) § Aphiah = "I will make to breathe" an ancestor of Saul
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Grammar & Morphology
Part of Speech
Proper Noun (Masculine)
Morphology Code
N:N-M-P
Full Description
Proper Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
אֲפִיחַ appears 1 time in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
1 Samuel
1
Key Passages
1 Samuel 9:1BSB
Now there was a Benjamite, a powerful man, whose name was Kish son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Becorath, the son of Aphiah of Benjamin.
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.