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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
Root Word (Etymology)
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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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)

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:6 - Then Ezra blessed Yahweh the great God. And all the people answered, “Amen, Amen!” while lifting up their hands; then they bowed low and worshiped Yahweh with their [fn]faces H639 to the ground.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:17 -

“They refused to listen,

And did not remember Your wondrous deeds which You did among them;

So they became stiff-necked and gave themselves a chief to return to their slavery [fn]in Egypt.

But You are a God of lavish forgiveness,

Gracious and compassionate,

Slow to anger H639 and abounding in lovingkindness;

And You did not forsake them.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:9 -

“By the breath of God they perish,

And by the wind of His anger H639 they come to an end.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:5 -

God is the One who removes the mountains, they know not how,

When He overturns them in His anger H639;

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:13 -

“God will not turn back His anger H639;

Beneath Him crouch the helpers of Rahab.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:13 -

“Oh that You would conceal me in Sheol,

That You would hide me until Your anger H639 returns to You,

That You would set a limit for me and remember me!

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:9 -

“His anger H639 has torn me and [fn]hunted me down;

He has gnashed at me with His teeth;

My adversary sharpens his eyes to look at me.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:4 -

“O [fn]you who tear yourself in your anger H639

For your sake is the earth to be forsaken,

Or the rock to be moved from its place?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:11 -

“He has also kindled His anger H639 against me

And counted me as His adversary.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:23 -

“So it will be that he fills his belly,

And God will send His burning anger H639 on him

And will rain it on him [fn]while he is eating.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:28 -

“The increase of his house will depart;

His possessions will flow away in the day of His anger H639.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:17 -

“How often is the lamp of the wicked put out,

Or does their disaster fall on them?

Does [fn]God apportion destruction in His anger H639?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:3 -

For as long as breath is in me,

And the spirit from God is in my nostrils H639,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:2 - But the anger H639 of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, burned; against Job his anger H639 burned because he was proving himself righteous [fn]before God.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:3 - And his anger H639 burned against his three friends because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:5 - Then Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of the three men, so his anger H639 burned.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:15 -

“And now, because He has not visited in His anger H639,

Nor has He acknowledged [fn]transgression well,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:13 -

“But the godless in heart lay up anger H639;

They do not cry for help when He binds them.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:11 -

“Pour out the overflowings of your anger H639,

And look on everyone who is proud, and make him low.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:24 -

“Can anyone capture it before its eyes,

With snares can anyone pierce its nose H639?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:2 -

“Can you put a [fn]rope in its nose H639

Or pierce its jaw with a [fn]hook?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:7 -

Now it happened after Yahweh had spoken these words to Job, that Yahweh said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My anger H639 burns against you and against your two friends because you have not spoken of Me what is right as My servant Job has.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:5 -

Then He speaks to them in His anger H639

And terrifies them in His fury, saying,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:12 -

[fn]Kiss the Son, lest He become angry, and you perish in the way,

For His [fn]wrath H639 may [fn]soon be kindled.

How blessed are all who take refuge in Him!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:1 -

For the choir director. With stringed instruments. According to the [fn]Sheminith. A Psalm of David.

O Yahweh, do not reprove me in Your anger H639,

Nor discipline me in Your wrath.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:6 -

Arise, O Yahweh, in Your anger H639;

Lift up Yourself against the fury of my adversaries,

And arouse Yourself [fn]for me; You have appointed judgment.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:4 -

The wicked, in the haughtiness of his countenance H639, does not seek Him.

All his [fn]thoughts are, “There is no God.”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:8 -

Smoke went up [fn]out of His nostrils H639,

And fire from His mouth devoured;

Coals were kindled by it.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:15 -

Then the channels of water appeared,

And the foundations of the world were [fn]laid bare

At Your rebuke, O Yahweh,

At the blast of the breath of Your nostrils H639.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:9 -

You will make them as a fiery oven in the time of your [fn]anger;

Yahweh will swallow them up in His wrath H639,

And fire will devour them.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:9 -

Do not hide Your face from me,

Do not turn Your slave away in anger H639;

You have been my help;

Do not abandon me and do not forsake me,

O God of my salvation!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:5 -

For His anger H639 is but for a moment,

His favor is for a lifetime;

Weeping may last for the night,

But a shout of joy comes in the morning.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:8 -

He

Cease from anger H639 and forsake wrath;

Do not fret; it leads only to evildoing.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:3 -

Because of the voice of the enemy,

Because of the pressure of the wicked;

For they shake wickedness down upon me

And in anger H639 they bear a grudge against me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:7 -

On account of their wickedness, will they have an escape?

In anger H639, bring down the peoples, O God!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:24 -

Pour out Your indignation on them,

And may Your burning anger H639 overtake them.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:1 -

A [fn]Maskil of Asaph.

Why, O God? Have You rejected us forever?

Why does Your anger H639 smoke against the sheep of Your [fn]pasture?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:7 -

But You, You are [fn]fearsome;

And who can stand in Your presence when once [fn]You are angry H639?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:9 -

Has God forgotten to be gracious,

Or has He in anger H639 shut up His compassion? Selah.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:21 -

Therefore Yahweh heard and [fn]was full of wrath;

And a fire was kindled against Jacob

And anger H639 also mounted against Israel,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:31 -

The anger H639 of God rose against them

And killed [fn]some of their stoutest ones,

And [fn]subdued the choice men of Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:38 -

But He, being compassionate, atoned for their iniquity and did not destroy them;

And He abounded in turning back His anger H639

And did not arouse all His wrath.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:49 -

He sent upon them His burning anger H639,

Fury and indignation and [fn]distress,

[fn]A band of destroying angels.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:50 -

He leveled a path for His anger H639;

He did not hold back their soul from death,

But gave over their life to the plague,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 85:3 -

You withdrew all Your fury;

You turned back from Your burning anger H639.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 85:5 -

Will You be angry with us forever?

Will You prolong Your anger H639 from generation to generation?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:15 -

But You, O Lord, are a God compassionate and gracious,

Slow to anger H639 and abundant in lovingkindness and [fn]truth.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:7 -

For we have been consumed by Your anger H639

And by Your wrath we have been [fn]dismayed.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:11 -

Who knows the power of Your anger H639

And Your fury, according to the fear [fn]that is due You?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:11 -

“Therefore I swore in My anger H639,

They shall never enter into My rest.”


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