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Lexicon :: Strong's H637 - 'ap̄

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אַף
Transliteration
'ap̄
Pronunciation
af
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Part of Speech
adverb, conjunction
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive particle
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TWOT Reference: 142

Strong’s Definitions

אַף ʼaph, af; a primitive particle; meaning accession (used as an adverb or conjunction); also or yea; adversatively though:—also, + although, and (furthermore, yet), but, even, + how much less (more, rather than), moreover, with, yea.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x

The KJV translates Strong's H637 in the following manner: also, even, yet, moreover, yea, with, low, therefore, much.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x
The KJV translates Strong's H637 in the following manner: also, even, yet, moreover, yea, with, low, therefore, much.
conjunction (denoting addition, especially of something greater)

  1. also, yea, though, so much the more

    adverb

  2. furthermore, indeed

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אַף ʼaph, af; a primitive particle; meaning accession (used as an adverb or conjunction); also or yea; adversatively though:—also, + although, and (furthermore, yet), but, even, + how much less (more, rather than), moreover, with, yea.
STRONGS H637: Abbreviations
II. אַף conjunction denoting addition, especially of something greater, also, yea (so Phoenician, Aramaic PAx  , אַף, אוֺף; compare فَ).
1. very rare in plain prose (in which גַּם is more usual): Genesis 40:16* (*with pronoun, as rather often) Ialso in my dream, Numbers 16:14; Deuteronomy 2:11*; Deuteronomy 2:20* 2 Samuel 20:14 (see Dr) 2 Kings 2:14 * Esther 5:12; more frequently in poetry, especially as introducing emphatically a new thought Deuteronomy 33:3, 20, 28; 1 Samuel 2:7; Psalm 16:6; Psalm 16:7; Psalm 16:9; Psalm 18:49; Psalm 65:14 they shout for joy, yea, they sing! Psalm 68:9; Psalm 68:17; Psalm 74:16; Psalm 89:28Psalm 1; Proverbs 22:19* Proverbs 23:28* +; or in more elevated prose style, Leviticus 26:16*; Leviticus 26:24*; Leviticus 26:28*; Leviticus 26:41*; and + 25 times in the impassioned rhetoric of Isa2 (Isaiah 40:24-48:15), e.g. Isaiah 40:24; Isaiah 41:10, 26; Isaiah 42:13; Isaiah 43:7, 19; Isaiah 46:11 yea, I have spoken, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed, I will also do it! Isaiah 48:12, 15. Implying something surprising or unexpected, even, indeed Job 14:3; Job 15:4*. וְאַף and also Leviticus 26:39, 40, 42, 44; Deuteronomy 15:17; Habakkuk 2:15; Psalm 68:19; 1 Chronicles 8:32* = 1 Chronicles 9:38* 2 Chronicles 12:5* Nehemiah 2:18; Nehemiah 13:15; and even Job 19:4 וְאַף־אָמְנָם שָׁגִיתִי and even indeed (if) I have erred... With הֲ, הַאַף indeed...? really...? † Genesis 18:13, 23 wilt thou indeed sweep away the righteous with the wicked? Genesis 18:24; Amos 2:11; Job 34:17; Job 40:8. In contrast to a preceding thought (expressed or implied) but, nay (imo) Psalm 44:10; Psalm 58:3; compare Judges 5:29*.
2. (Equally in prose and poetry) with reference to a preceding sentence, yea, à fortiori, the more so (= how much more! after an affirm. clause; = how much less! after a negative one): 2 Samuel 4:10f. when one told me, Saul is dead... I took hold of him and slew him... אַף כִּי־אֲנָשִׁים רְשָׁעִים הָרְגוּ וג׳ à fortiori, how much more (should I do so when wicked men have slain a righteous person, etc.! Ezekiel 14:21 (Ew Hi) Ezekiel 15:5; Proverbs 21:27 (in all these passages כִּי = when) Job 4:19. So וְאַף † 1 Samuel 23:3; 2 Kings 5:13... וְאַף כִּי־אָמַר אֵלֶיךָ and the more (= and how much rather), when he hath said to thee, etc. More commonly in this sense strengthened by כִּי (q. v.), see below
אַף כִּי
1. furthermore † Ezekiel 23:40; Habakkuk 2:5 (Ges quin imo, quin etiam).
2. in a question, indeed (is it) that...? † Genesis 3:1 אַף כִּי־אָמַר אֱלֹהִים indeed, that God has said...? i.e. has God really said...? (compare הַאַף above).
3. with reference to a preceding sentence (which is often introduced by הֵן or הִנֵּה), yea, that...! i.e. how much more (or less) ! † Proverbs 11:31 lo, the righteous is recompensed in the earth וְחוֺטֵא רָשָׁע כִּי אַֹף 'tis indeed that (= how much more) the wicked and the sinner! Proverbs 15:11; Proverbs 17:7; Proverbs 19:7, 10; Job 9:14; Job 15:16; Job 25:6; 1 Samuel 14:30; 1 Kings 8:27 (= 2 Chronicles 6:18) lo, the heavens... cannot contain thee אַ֕ף כִּי הַבַּיִת הַזֶּה 'tis indeed that this house (cannot do so), i.e. how much less this house! 2 Chronicles 32:15. So וְאַף כִּי † Deuteronomy 31:27; 1 Samuel 21:6 (perhaps; but see RSSemitic i. 436 DrSm 293) 2 Samuel 16:11. (In Job 35:14 (Hi De) Nehemiah 9:18 אַף כִּי is simply = yea, when...)

See related Aramaic BDB entry H638.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

3:1; 18:13; 18:23; 18:24; 40:16

Leviticus

26:16; 26:24; 26:28; 26:39; 26:40; 26:41; 26:42; 26:44

Numbers

16:14

Deuteronomy

2:11; 2:20; 15:17; 31:27; 33:3; 33:20; 33:28

Judges

5:29

1 Samuel

2:7; 14:30; 21:6; 23:3

2 Samuel

4:10; 16:11; 20:14

1 Kings

8:27

2 Kings

2:14; 5:13

1 Chronicles

8:32; 9:38

2 Chronicles

6:18; 12:5; 32:15

Nehemiah

2:18; 9:18; 13:15

Esther

5:12

Job

4:19; 9:14; 14:3; 15:4; 15:16; 19:4; 25:6; 34:17; 35:14; 40:8

Psalms

1; 16:6; 16:7; 16:9; 18:49; 44:10; 58:3; 68:9; 68:17; 68:19; 74:16; 89:28

Proverbs

11:31; 15:11; 17:7; 19:7; 19:10; 21:27; 22:19; 23:28

Isaiah

40:24; 40:24; 40:25; 40:26; 40:27; 40:28; 40:29; 40:30; 40:31; 41:1; 41:2; 41:3; 41:4; 41:5; 41:6; 41:7; 41:8; 41:9; 41:10; 41:10; 41:11; 41:12; 41:13; 41:14; 41:15; 41:16; 41:17; 41:18; 41:19; 41:20; 41:21; 41:22; 41:23; 41:24; 41:25; 41:26; 41:26; 41:27; 41:28; 41:29; 42:1; 42:2; 42:3; 42:4; 42:5; 42:6; 42:7; 42:8; 42:9; 42:10; 42:11; 42:12; 42:13; 42:13; 42:14; 42:15; 42:16; 42:17; 42:18; 42:19; 42:20; 42:21; 42:22; 42:23; 42:24; 42:25; 43:1; 43:2; 43:3; 43:4; 43:5; 43:6; 43:7; 43:7; 43:8; 43:9; 43:10; 43:11; 43:12; 43:13; 43:14; 43:15; 43:16; 43:17; 43:18; 43:19; 43:19; 43:20; 43:21; 43:22; 43:23; 43:24; 43:25; 43:26; 43:27; 43:28; 44:1; 44:2; 44:3; 44:4; 44:5; 44:6; 44:7; 44:8; 44:9; 44:10; 44:11; 44:12; 44:13; 44:14; 44:15; 44:16; 44:17; 44:18; 44:19; 44:20; 44:21; 44:22; 44:23; 44:24; 44:25; 44:26; 44:27; 44:28; 45:1; 45:2; 45:3; 45:4; 45:5; 45:6; 45:7; 45:8; 45:9; 45:10; 45:11; 45:12; 45:13; 45:14; 45:15; 45:16; 45:17; 45:18; 45:19; 45:20; 45:21; 45:22; 45:23; 45:24; 45:25; 46:1; 46:2; 46:3; 46:4; 46:5; 46:6; 46:7; 46:8; 46:9; 46:10; 46:11; 46:11; 46:12; 46:13; 47:1; 47:2; 47:3; 47:4; 47:5; 47:6; 47:7; 47:8; 47:9; 47:10; 47:11; 47:12; 47:13; 47:14; 47:15; 48:1; 48:2; 48:3; 48:4; 48:5; 48:6; 48:7; 48:8; 48:9; 48:10; 48:11; 48:12; 48:12; 48:13; 48:14; 48:15; 48:15

Ezekiel

14:21; 15:5; 23:40

Amos

2:11

Habakkuk

2:5; 2:15

H637

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Strong's Number H637 matches the Hebrew אַף ('ap̄),
which occurs 134 times in 123 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 3 (Gen 3:1–Job 25:6)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:1 - Now the serpent was the most crafty of all the brutes on the earth, which the Lord God made, and the serpent said to the woman, Wherefore has God said, Eat not of every tree of the garden?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:13 - And the Lord said to Abraam, Why is it that Sarrha has laughed in herself, saying, Shall I then indeed bear? but I am grown old.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:23 - And Abraam drew nigh and said, Wouldest thou destroy the righteous with the wicked, and shall the righteous be as the wicked?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:24 - Should there be fifty righteous in the city, wilt thou destroy them? wilt thou not spare the whole place for the sake of the fifty righteous, if they be in it?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:16 - And the chief baker saw that he interpreted aright; and he said to Joseph, I also saw a dream, and methought I took up on my head three baskets of mealy food.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:16 - then will I do thus to you: I will even bring upon you perplexity and the itch, and the fever that causes your eyes to waste away, and disease that consumes your life; and ye shall sow your seeds in vain, and your enemies shall eat them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:24 - I also will walk with you with a perverse spirit, and I also will smite you seven times for your sins.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:28 - then will I walk with you with a froward mind, and I will chasten you sevenfold according to your sins.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:39 - And those who are left of you shall perish, because of their sins, and because of the sins of their fathers: in the land of their enemies shall they consume away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:40 - And they shall confess their sins, and the sins of their fathers, that they have transgressed and neglected me, and that they have walked perversely before me,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:41 - and I walked with them with a perverse mind; and I will destroy them in the land of their enemies: then shall their uncircumcised heart be ashamed, and then shall they acquiesce in the punishment of their sins.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:42 - And I will remember the covenant of Jacob, and the covenant of Isaac, and the covenant of Abraam will I remember.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:44 - And yet not even thus, while they were in the land of their enemies, did I overlook them, nor did I loathe them so as to consume them, to break my covenant made with them; for I am the Lord their God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:14 - Thou art a prince, and hast thou brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey, and hast thou given us an inheritance of land and vineyards? wouldest thou have [fn]put out the eyes of those men? we [fn]will not go up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:11 - These also shall be accounted [fn]Raphain like the Enakim; and the Moabites call them Ommin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:20 - It shall be accounted a land of Raphain, for the Raphain dwelt there before, and the Ammanites call them Zochommin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:17 - then thou shalt take an awl, and bore his ear through to the door, and he shall be thy servant for ever; and in like manner shalt thou do to thy maid-servant.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:27 - For I know thy provocation, and thy stiff neck; for yet during my life with you at this day, ye have been provoking in your conduct toward God: how shall ye not also be so after my death?

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:3 - And he spared his people, and all his sanctified ones are under thy hands; and they are under thee; and he received of his words

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:20 - And to Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlarges Gad: as a lion he rested, having broken the arm and the ruler.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:28 - And Israel shall dwell in confidence alone on the land of Jacob, with corn and wine; and the sky shall be misty with dew upon thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:29 - Her wise ladies answered her, and she returned answers to herself, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:7 - The Lord makes poor, and makes rich; he brings low, and lifts up.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:30 - Surely if the people had this day eaten freely of the spoils of their enemies which they found, the slaughter among the Philistines would have been greater.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:5 - (LXX 21:6) And David answered the priest, and said to him, Yea, we have been kept from women for three days: when I came forth for the journey all the young men were purified; but this expedition is unclean, wherefore it shall be sanctified this day because of my weapons.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:3 - And the men of David said to him, Behold, we are afraid here in Judea; and how shall it be if we go to Keila? shall we go after the spoils of the Philistines?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:11 - And now evil men have slain a righteous man in his house on his bed: now then I will require his blood of your hand, and I will destroy you from off the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:11 - And David said to Abessa and to all his servants, Behold, my son who came forth out of my bowels seeks my life; still more now may the son of Benjamin: let him curse, because the Lord has told him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:14 - And he went through all the tribes of Israel to Abel, and to Bethmacha; and all in Charri too were assembled, and followed after him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:27 - [fn]But will God indeed dwell with men upon the earth? if the heaven and heaven of [fn]heavens will not suffice thee, how much less even this house which I have built to thy name?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:14 - and he took the mantle of Eliu, which fell from off him, and smote the water, and said, Where is the Lord God of Eliu? [fn]and he smote the waters, and they were divided hither and thither; and Elisaie went over.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:13 - And his servants came near and said to him, Suppose the prophet had spoken a great thing to thee, [fn]wouldest thou not perform it? yet he has but said to thee, Wash, and be cleansed.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:32 - And Makeloth begot Samaa: for these dwelt in Jerusalem in the presence of their brethren with their brethren.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:38 - And Makeloth begot Samaa: and these dwelt in the midst of their brethren in Jerusalem, even in the midst of their brethren.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:30 - Let the whole earth fear before him; let the earth be established, and not be moved.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:18 - For will God indeed dwell with men upon the earth? if the heaven and the heaven of heavens will not suffice thee, what then is this house which I have built?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:5 - And Samaias the prophet came to Roboam, and to the princes of Juda that were gathered to Jerusalem for fear of Susakim, and said to them, Thus said the Lord, Ye have left me, and I will leave you in the hand of Susakim.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:15 - Now then, let not Ezekias deceive you, and let him not make you thus confident, and believe him not: for no god of any kingdom or nation is at all able to deliver his people out of my hand, or the hand of my fathers: therefore your God shall not deliver you out of my hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:18 - And I told them of the hand of God which was good upon me, also about the words of the king which he spoke to me: and I said, Let us arise and build. And their hands were strengthened for the good work.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:18 - And still farther they even made to themselves a molten calf, and said, These are the gods that brought us up out of Egypt: and they wrought great provocations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:15 - In those days I saw in Juda men treading wine-presses on the sabbath, and carrying sheaves, and loading asses with both wine, and grapes, and figs, and every kind of burden, and bringing them into Jerusalem on the sabbath-day:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:12 - And Aman said, The queen has called no one to the feast with the king but me, and I am invited to-morrow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:19 - But as for them that dwell in houses of clay, of whom we also are formed of the same clay, he smites them like a moth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:27 - Even because ye attack the fatherless, and insult your friend.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:14 - Oh then that he would hearken to me, or judge my cause.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:3 - Hast thou not taken account even of him, and caused him to enter into judgment before thee?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:4 - Hast not thou moreover cast off fear, and accomplished such words before the Lord?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:16 - Alas then, abominable and unclean is man, drinking unrighteousness as a draught.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:4 - Yea verily, I have erred in truth, (but the error abides with myself) (LXX 19:4a) in having spoken words which it was not right to speak; and my words err, and are unseasonable.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 25:6 - But alas! man is corruption, and the son of man a worm.

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