strength; a rapid torrent
(same as Aphek, Aphik)
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
APHEKAH (Jos_15:53).Probably same as Aphek, 1.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
Aphe'kah. (strong place). A city of Judah, in the mountains, Jos_15:53, probably the same as Aphek, 1.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
a-fē?ka (אפקה, 'ăphēḳāh, ?force? or ?strength?): An unidentified city in the hill country of Judah (Jos_15:53).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Aphe?kah, a town in the mountains of Judah (Jos_15:23).
The Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature
by John Kitto.
Aphekah
(Heb., Aphekah', אֲפֵקָה, fem. of Aphek; Sept. Α᾿φακά v . r. Φακούκ), a city in the mountain tract of Judah, mentioned between Bethtappuah and. Humtah (Jos_15:53). Raumer (PalEst. p. 170) and others confound this with the Aphek of Jos_12:18; but the Hebrews accentuation of the names is different. Schwarz (Palest. p. 106) finds it in the village Abik, 4 miles east of Jannuth; but this position is entirely out of region of the associated names, which require a locality near Hebron, perhaps between that place and Tappuah (Keil, Comment. in loc.), possibly at the ruined site Sibta (Van de Velde, Map).
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.