Bible Location
Meaning: Aphekah · 2 cross references · Modern-day map available
This Aphek entry refers to the Asherite and Lebanon-facing city associated with a distinct northern cultic and geographic setting. It is important because it is separate from the battle-heavy Aphek traditions elsewhere. First appears in Josh 13:4.1
Place meaning
Aphekah
Coordinates
34.07, 35.87
First appears
Josh 13:4
AI summary: This Aphek must be distinguished from the military plains entries of the same name. Joshua places it in the northern Asher-Lebanon world, where it carried a different cultural and regional significance. The cross references present this Aphek as a northern cultic and border-region city rather than a battlefield assembly point.1
Place meaning
Aphekah
Latitude
34.07
Longitude
35.87
Bible references
2
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. 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.