Easton's Bible Dictionary: M. G. Easton, M.A., D.D.

Ape

An animal of the monkey tribe (1 Ki. 10:22; 2 Chr. 9:21). It was brought from India by the fleets of Solomon and Hiram, and was called by the Hebrews koph, and by the Greeks kepos, both words being just the Indian Tamil name of the monkey, kapi, i.e., swift, nimble, active. No species of ape has ever been found in Palestine or the adjacent regions.