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Lexicon :: Strong's H639 - 'ap̄

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אַף
Transliteration
'ap̄
Pronunciation
af
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
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TWOT Reference: 133a

Strong’s Definitions

אַף ʼaph, af; from H599; properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire:—anger(-gry), before, countenance, face, forebearing, forehead, (long-) suffering, nose, nostril, snout, × worthy, wrath.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 276x

The KJV translates Strong's H639 in the following manner: anger (172x), wrath (42x), face (22x), nostrils (13x), nose (12x), angry (4x), longsuffering (with H750) (4x), before (2x), countenance (1x), forbearing (1x), forehead (1x), snout (1x), worthy (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 276x
The KJV translates Strong's H639 in the following manner: anger (172x), wrath (42x), face (22x), nostrils (13x), nose (12x), angry (4x), longsuffering (with H750) (4x), before (2x), countenance (1x), forbearing (1x), forehead (1x), snout (1x), worthy (1x).

  1. nostril, nose, face

  2. anger

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אַף ʼaph, af; from H599; properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire:—anger(-gry), before, countenance, face, forebearing, forehead, (long-) suffering, nose, nostril, snout, × worthy, wrath.
STRONGS H639: Abbreviations
I. אַף 277 noun masculineGenesis 30:2 nostril, nose, face, anger (Assyrian appu, face Floodiii. 27, 29 compare Hpt KAT2Gloss, Arabic أَنْفً, Ethiopic አንፍ፡ nose; Aramaic aePAf  , אֲנְפִּין face) — absolute Psalm 78:21 +; construct Genesis 27:45 +; suffix אַפּי Exodus 22:23 +, etc.; du אַפַּים Proverbs 14:17 +; אַפָּיו Genesis 2:7 + etc.; — In Hexateuch J E (Joshua 7:1 P? Joshua 23:16 D?).
1. nostril, as organ of breathing Genesis 2:7; Genesis 7:22; Job 27:3 compare Numbers 11:20; 2 Samuel 22:9 = Psalm 18:9 compare Isaiah 65:5; Isaiah 2:22; Lamentations 4:20; Ezekiel 38:18 (strike out Co) Amos 4:10; אַפֶּיךָ רוּחַ (of י׳) i.e. wind Exodus 15:8; compare אַפּוֹ רוּחַ נִשְׁמַת 2 Samuel 22:16 = Psalm 18:16 (see also below 3); nose singular Cant 7:5, 9; Ezekiel 8:17; Ezekiel 23:25; Proverbs 30:33 (where play upon different meaning of אַף & אפַּיִם):
(a) as organ of smelling Deuteronomy 33:10; Psalm 115:6;
(b) as place of ring for ornament Genesis 24:47; Isaiah 3:21; Ezekiel 16:12;
(c) as place of ring or hook for captive 2 Kings 19:28 = Isaiah 37:29; for beasts, e.g. swine Proverbs 11:22; hippopotamus Job 40:24; crocodile Job 40:26 [Job 41:2].
2. Du face (especially in phrase אַרְצָה אַפַּיִם) Genesis 19:1; Genesis 42:6; Genesis 48:12; Numbers 22:31; 1 Samuel 20:41; 1 Samuel 24:9; 1 Samuel 25:41; 1 Samuel 28:14; 2 Samuel 14:4, 33; 2 Samuel 18:28; 2 Samuel 24:20; 1 Kings 1:23, 31; Isaiah 49:23; 1 Chronicles 21:21; 2 Chronicles 7:3; 20:18; Nehemiah 8:6 also Genesis 3:19;אַפּוֹ גֹּבַהּ pride of his countenance Psalm 10:4; לְאַפֵּי before, local sense (compare לִפְנֵי) 1 Samuel 25:23; אַפָּ֑יִם 1 Samuel 1:5 read אֶפֶס Greek Version of the LXX We Dr (which see).
3. mostly anger, human Genesis 27:45; Genesis 49:6, 7 + (45 times); oftener divine Exodus 32:12; Deuteronomy 9:19; 2 Kings 24:20 + (177 times); often subject חָרָה (וַיִּ֫חַר etc.) his anger was kindled Genesis 30:2; Genesis 39:19; Exodus 4:14; Exodus 22:23; Exodus 32:10, 11 +; in various combinations, especially חֲרוֺן אַף fierceness of anger Exodus 32:12; Numbers 25:4; Numbers 32:14 +; compare חֳרִי־אָף 1 Samuel 20:34; בַּעַל־אַף Proverbs 22:24 one given to anger, etc.; אַפַּיִם אֶרֶךְ slow to anger Exodus 34:6; Numbers 14:18; Nehemiah 9:17 + 7 times of God; Proverbs 14:29; Proverbs 15:18; Proverbs 16:32; Proverbs 25:15 of man.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H600.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

2:7; 2:7; 3:19; 7:22; 19:1; 24:47; 27:45; 27:45; 30:2; 30:2; 39:19; 42:6; 48:12; 49:6; 49:7

Exodus

4:14; 15:8; 22:23; 22:23; 32:10; 32:11; 32:12; 32:12; 34:6

Numbers

11:20; 14:18; 22:31; 25:4; 32:14

Deuteronomy

9:19; 33:10

Joshua

7:1; 23:16

1 Samuel

1:5; 20:34; 20:41; 24:9; 25:23; 25:41; 28:14

2 Samuel

14:4; 14:33; 18:28; 22:9; 22:16; 24:20

1 Kings

1:23; 1:31

2 Kings

19:28; 24:20

1 Chronicles

21:21

2 Chronicles

7:3; 20:18

Nehemiah

8:6; 9:17

Job

27:3; 40:24; 41:2

Psalms

10:4; 18:9; 18:16; 78:21; 115:6

Proverbs

11:22; 14:17; 14:29; 15:18; 16:32; 22:24; 25:15; 30:33

Song of Songs

7:5; 7:9

Isaiah

2:22; 3:21; 37:29; 49:23; 65:5

Lamentations

4:20

Ezekiel

8:17; 16:12; 23:25; 38:18

Amos

4:10

H639

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Strong's Number H639 matches the Hebrew אַף ('ap̄),
which occurs 276 times in 269 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 6 (Neh 8:6–Psa 95:11)

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:6 - And Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshipped the LORD with their faces H639 to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:17 - And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, H639 and of great kindness, and forsookest them not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:9 - By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils H639 are they consumed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:5 - Which removeth the mountains, and they know not: which overturneth them in his anger. H639

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:13 - If God will not withdraw his anger, H639 the proud helpers do stoop under him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:13 - O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath H639 be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:9 - He teareth me in his wrath, H639 who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:4 - He teareth himself in his anger: H639 shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 19:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:11 - He hath also kindled his wrath H639 against me, and he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:23 - When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath H639 upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:28 - The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath. H639

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:17 - How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger. H639

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:3 - All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils; H639

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:2 - Then was kindled the wrath H639 of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath H639 kindled, because he justified himself rather than God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:3 - Also against his three friends was his wrath H639 kindled, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:5 - When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, then his wrath H639 was kindled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 35:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:15 - But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; H639 yet he knoweth it not in great extremity:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:13 - But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: H639 they cry not when he bindeth them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 40:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:11 - Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: H639 and behold every one that is proud, and abase him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 40:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:24 - He taketh it with his eyes: his nose H639 pierceth through snares.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:2 - Canst thou put an hook into his nose? H639 or bore his jaw through with a thorn?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 42:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:7 - And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath H639 is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:5 - Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, H639 and vex them in his sore displeasure.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:12 - Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath H639 is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:1 - [[To the chief Musician on Neginoth upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David.]] O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, H639 neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:6 - Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, H639 lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast commanded.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 10:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:4 - The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, H639 will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:8 - There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, H639 and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:15 - Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils. H639

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 21:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:9 - Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, H639 and the fire shall devour them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 27:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:9 - Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: H639 thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 30:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:5 - For his anger H639 endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:8 - Cease from anger, H639 and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 55:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:3 - Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath H639 they hate me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 56:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:7 - Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger H639 cast down the people, O God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:24 - Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger H639 take hold of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:1 - [[Maschil of Asaph.]] O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger H639 smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:7 - Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry? H639

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 77:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:9 - Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger H639 shut up his tender mercies? Selah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:21 - Therefore the LORD heard this, and was wroth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger H639 also came up against Israel;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:31 - The wrath H639 of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:38

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:38 - But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger H639 away, and did not stir up all his wrath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:49

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:49 - He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, H639 wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:50

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:50 - He made a way to his anger; H639 he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 85:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 85:3 - Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thine anger. H639

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 85:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 85:5 - Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger H639 to all generations?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 86:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:15 - But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, H639 and plenteous in mercy and truth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 90:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:7 - For we are consumed by thine anger, H639 and by thy wrath are we troubled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 90:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:11 - Who knoweth the power of thine anger? H639 even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 95:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:11 - Unto whom I sware in my wrath H639 that they should not enter into my rest.

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