Quick Definition
to refrain
Strong's Definition
to contain, i.e. (reflex.) abstain
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: force (oneself), restrain.
TWOT Reference: 149
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) to hold, be strong, restrain, hold back
1a) (Hithpael)
1a1) to restrain oneself, refrain
1a2) to force, compel oneself
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
אָפַק (a.phaq) — to refrain. 1) to hold, be strong, restrain, hold back 1a) (Hithpael) 1a1) to restrain oneself, refrain 1a2) to force, compel oneself
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[אָפַק] vb. hold, be strong—only Hithp. force, compel oneself
restrain oneself, refrain
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