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{{Short description|Egyptian pharaoh}} {{Redirect-distinguish2|Wahibre|[[Wahibre Ibiau]] and [[Psamtik I|Wahibre Psamtik I]]}} {{distinguish|text=the Welsh name [[ap Rhys]]}} {{Infobox pharaoh |Name= Apries |Alt = Wahibre |Image=Apries.jpg |Caption=head of Apries, Louvre |Reign=589–570 BC |Dynasty=[[Twenty-sixth dynasty of Egypt|26th dynasty]] |Predecessor=[[Psamtik II]] |Successor=[[Amasis II]] |NomenHiero=<hiero>ra-wAH-ib</hiero> |Nomen=Wahibre<br/>''Waḫ jb r՚''<br/>''Constant is the Heart of Re''<ref name="Clayton 195-97"/> |PrenomenHiero=<hiero>ra-H-a:a-ib</hiero> |Prenomen=Haaibre<br/>''Ḥˁˁ jb r՚''<br/>''Jubilant is the Heart of Re Forever''<ref name="Clayton 195-97">{{cite book |last=Clayton |first=Peter A. |title=Chronicle of the Pharaohs: The Reign-by-Reign Record of the Rulers and Dynasties of Ancient Egypt |publisher=Thames & Hudson |edition=Paperback |pages=195–197 |year=2006 |isbn=0-500-28628-0 }}</ref> |Golden= |Nebty= |HorusHiero= <hiero>wAH-ib</hiero> |Horus=Wahib<br/>''Waḫ jb''<br/>''He whose heart is constant'' |Mother = [[Takhuit]] |Spouse= |Children= Khedebneithirbinet II |Died=567 BC |Father=[[Psamtik II]]}} '''Apries''' ({{langx|grc|Ἁπρίης}}) is the name by which [[Herodotus]] (ii. 161) and [[Diodorus]] (i. 68) designate '''Wahibre Haaibre''', a pharaoh of [[Egypt]] (589 BC{{snd}}570 BC), the fourth king (counting from Psamtik I) of the [[Twenty-sixth dynasty of Egypt]].<ref>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Apries|volume=2|page=230}}</ref> He was equated with the '''Waphres''' of [[Manetho]], who correctly records that he reigned for 19 years. Apries is also called '''Hophra''' in [[Jeremiah 44:30]] ({{hebrew Name|חָפְרַע|Ḥofra'|H̱op̄ra'}}; {{langx|el|Ουαφρη[ς]|Ouafri[s]}}).<ref>Cf. {{cite journal |first=Christoffer |last=Theis |title=Sollte Re sich schämen? Eine subliminale Bedeutung von עפרח in Jeremia 44,30 |journal=Ugarit-Forschungen |volume=42 |year=2011 |pages=677–691 |issn=0342-2356 |language=de |postscript=none }} for the writing of this particular name.</ref>
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