Afek

Afek (Hebrew: אֲפֵק‎) is a Hebrew word that can refer to a number of places in the biblical Land of Israel.

• Aphek (biblical) refers to a number of sites with the same name mentioned in the Bible.
• Aphik (Asher) one of the biblical sites belonging to the Tribe of Asher.
  • Aphaca, a city in classical Syria believed by some to be the Asherite city
    • Afka, a modern town at the site in Lebanon.
  • Tel Afek, a site located near Haifa believed by some to be the Asherite city.
    • Afek, a modern village located at the Tel near Haifa.
• Another site known as Tel Afek or Antipatris, near Petah Tikva and Rosh HaAyin.
• Migdal Afek, also near Rosh HaAyin Majdal Yaba
• Aphek Turris also refers to Majdal Yaba
• A site in the Golan Heights.
  • Fiq, Syria, a former Syrian village at the Tel.
  • Afik, a current Israeli settlement and kibbutz at the Tel.
  • Fiq Airfield, a small civilian airfield near the settlement/kibbutz.
• Afikim, a kibbutz in the Galilee nearby, but unrelated to the Golan Heights site.

Also Afek (mythology), a cultural heroine in some Papuan groups' mythology (e.g. the Urapmin people)

See also

• Fiq (disambiguation)