HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H650
אָפִיק
a.phiq — channel
1) channel 2) ravine 3) of hollow bones (fig.)
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Channel
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6388
פֶּ֫לֶג
pe.leg — stream
channel, canal
10 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G856
ἀφεδρών
aphedrōn — latrine
ἀφεδρών, -ῶνος, ὁ (cf. ἄφεδρος, Lev.12:5) = cl. ἄφοδος (MM, see word), a privy, drain: Mat.15:17, Mrk.7:19 (ὀχετόν, WH, mg.).† **ὀχετός, -οῦ, ὁ (ὀχέω, to carry) [in Sm.: Job.22:24, Psa.65:10 al. ;] 1. a water-pipe, channel. 2. the intestinal canal: Mrk.7:19, WH, mg. (for ἀφεδρών).† (AS)
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G6605
αὐλών
aulōn — a canyon
1. a hollow way, defile, glen , (Homeric Hymns) 2. a canal, aqueduct, trench , (Herdotus Historicus) 3. a channel, strait , (Aeschulus Tragicus); αὐλῶνες πόντιοι the sea straits , i. e. the Archipelago, (Sophocles Tragicus) (ML)
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ποτιστήριον
potistērion — a channel
a channel
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σῦριγξ
surigx — a flute
1. a pipe : 2. a musical pipe, a shepherd's pipe, Panspipe , (Iliad by Homer), attic 3. anything like a pipe : 4. a spear-case , = δορατοθήκη, (Iliad by Homer) 5. the hole in the nave of a wheel , [variant datesTragica Adespota 6. a duct or channel in the body, in plural the nostrils , (Sophocles Tragicus) (ML)
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(1.) The bed of the sea or of a river (Ps. 18:15; Isa. 8:7). (2.) The “chanelbone” (Job 31:22 marg.), properly “tube” or “shaft,” an old term for the collar-bone.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.