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Apep

Apep is the alternative form of Apophis.

Meaning of Apophis

Proper noun

Apophis

  1. (Egyptian) An evil snake-god who tries to devour the sun every night.
    Synonyms:
    Apep
  2. An asteroid that formerly had a high risk of collision with Earth.
    • The spacecraft’s navigators have worked out a trajectory that would take it to the asteroid Apophis in April 2029, just after that object, a bit smaller than Bennu, zips within an uncomfortably close but still safe 20,000 miles from Earth.2021 May 10, Kenneth Chang, “Bye-Bye, Bennu: NASA Heads Back to Earth With Asteroid Stash in Tow”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Questions about Apep

What is Apep the alternative form of?
Apep is the alternative form of Apophis.

Words near Apep in the dictionary

  1. Apennine wolves
  2. Apennine yellow-bellied toad
  3. Apennine yellow-bellied toads
  4. Apennines
  5. Apenninic
  6. Apep
  7. apepsia
  8. apepsias
  9. apepsinia
  10. apepsy
  11. apeptic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Apep (page history and authors); Apophis (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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