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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 2 / 3 (Job 32:10–Isa 35:2)

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 32:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:10 - Therefore I say, ‘Listen to me;
let me also declare my opinion.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 32:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:17 - I also will answer with my share;
I also will declare my opinion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:12 - Of a truth, God will not do wickedly,
and the Almighty will not pervert justice.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:17 - Shall one who hates justice govern?
Will you condemn him who is righteous and mighty,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 35:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:14 - How much less when you say that you do not see him,
that the case is before him, and you are waiting for him!

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:16 - He also allured you out of distress
into a broad place where there was no cramping,
and what was set on your table was full of fatness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:29 - Can anyone understand the spreading of the clouds,
the thunderings of his pavilion?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:33 - Its crashing declares his presence;[fn]
the cattle also declare that he rises.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 37:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:1 - “At this also my heart trembles
and leaps out of its place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 37:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:11 - He loads the thick cloud with moisture;
the clouds scatter his lightning.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 40:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:8 - Will you even put me in the wrong?
Will you condemn me that you may be in the right?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 16:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:6 - The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;
indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:7 - I bless the LORD who gives me counsel;
in the night also my heart instructs me.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 16:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:9 - Therefore my heart is glad, and my whole being[fn] rejoices;
my flesh also dwells secure.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:48

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:48 - who rescued me from my enemies;
yes, you exalted me above those who rose against me;
you delivered me from the man of violence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 44:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:9 - But you have rejected us and disgraced us
and have not gone out with our armies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 58:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:2 - No, in your hearts you devise wrongs;
your hands deal out violence on earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 65:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:13 - the meadows clothe themselves with flocks,
the valleys deck themselves with grain,
they shout and sing together for joy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:8 - the earth quaked, the heavens poured down rain,
before God, the One of Sinai,
before God,[fn] the God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:16 - Why do you look with hatred, O many-peaked mountain,
at the mount that God desired for his abode,
yes, where the LORD will dwell forever?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:18 - You ascended on high,
leading a host of captives in your train
and receiving gifts among men,
even among the rebellious, that the LORD God may dwell there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:16 - Yours is the day, yours also the night;
you have established the heavenly lights and the sun.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 77:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:16 - When the waters saw you, O God,
when the waters saw you, they were afraid;
indeed, the deep trembled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 77:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:17 - The clouds poured out water;
the skies gave forth thunder;
your arrows flashed on every side.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:5 - Let the heavens praise your wonders, O LORD,
your faithfulness in the assembly of the holy ones!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:11 - The heavens are yours; the earth also is yours;
the world and all that is in it, you have founded them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:21 - so that my hand shall be established with him;
my arm also shall strengthen him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:27 - And I will make him the firstborn,
the highest of the kings of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:43

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:43 - You have also turned back the edge of his sword,
and you have not made him stand in battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 93:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 93:1 - The LORD reigns; he is robed in majesty;
the LORD is robed; he has put on strength as his belt.
Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 96:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 96:10 - Say among the nations, “The LORD reigns!
Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved;
he will judge the peoples with equity.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 108:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:1 - A Song. A Psalm of David.
My heart is steadfast, O God!
I will sing and make melody with all my being![fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:3 - who also do no wrong,
but walk in his ways!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 135:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:17 - they have ears, but do not hear,
nor is there any breath in their mouths.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:2 - She has slaughtered her beasts; she has mixed her wine;
she has also set her table.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:31 - If the righteous is repaid on earth,
how much more the wicked and the sinner!

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:11 - Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the LORD;
how much more the hearts of the children of man!

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:7 - Fine speech is not becoming to a fool;
still less is false speech to a prince.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 19:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:7 - All a poor man’s brothers hate him;
how much more do his friends go far from him!
He pursues them with words, but does not have them.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 19:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:10 - It is not fitting for a fool to live in luxury,
much less for a slave to rule over princes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:27 - The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination;
how much more when he brings it with evil intent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 22:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:19 - That your trust may be in the LORD,
I have made them known to you today, even to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:28 - She lies in wait like a robber
and increases the traitors among mankind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:9 - So I became great and surpassed all who were before me in Jerusalem. Also my wisdom remained with me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:16 - She
Behold, you are beautiful, my beloved, truly delightful.
Our couch is green;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 26:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:8 - In the path of your judgments,
O LORD, we wait for you;
your name and remembrance
are the desire of our soul.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 26:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:9 - My soul yearns for you in the night;
my spirit within me earnestly seeks you.
For when your judgments are in the earth,
the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 26:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:11 - O LORD, your hand is lifted up,
but they do not see it.
Let them see your zeal for your people, and be ashamed.
Let the fire for your adversaries consume them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 33:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:2 - O LORD, be gracious to us; we wait for you.
Be our arm every morning,
our salvation in the time of trouble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 35:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:2 - it shall blossom abundantly
and rejoice with joy and singing.
The glory of Lebanon shall be given to it,
the majesty of Carmel and Sharon.
They shall see the glory of the LORD,
the majesty of our God.

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