Aphiah — the meaning of the Hebrew name אֲפִיחַ
אֲפִיחַ
Aphiah means breeze.
Built from
פּוּחַ pûwach — to puff, i.e. blow with the breath or air open in the lexicon ›
Strong's definition
perhaps from H6315; breeze; Aphiach, an Israelite.
First appearance
1Sam 9:1 Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty man of power.
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