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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

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 2 / 6 (Deu 33:10–Ezr 10:14)

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:10 -

“They will teach Your ordinances to Jacob,

And Your Law to Israel.

They shall put [fn]incense before H639 You,

And whole burnt offerings on Your altar.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:1 -

But the sons of Israel acted unfaithfully regarding the things designated for destruction, for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, from the tribe of Judah, took some of the designated things; therefore the anger H639 of the LORD burned against the sons of Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:26 - Then they erected over him a large heap of stones that stands to this day, and the LORD turned from the fierceness of His anger H639. Therefore the name of that place has been called the Valley of [fn]Achor to this day.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:16 - “When you violate the covenant of the LORD your God, which He commanded you, and you go and serve other gods and bow down to them, then the anger H639 of the LORD will burn against you, and you will perish quickly from the good land which He has given you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:14 - Then the anger H639 of the LORD burned against Israel, and He handed them over to plunderers, and they plundered them; and He sold them into the hands of their enemies around them, so that they could no longer stand [fn]against their enemies.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:20 - So the anger H639 of the LORD burned against Israel, and He said, “Because this nation has violated My covenant which I commanded their fathers, and has not listened to My voice,
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:8 - Then the anger H639 of the LORD was kindled against Israel, so that He sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim, king of [fn]Mesopotamia; and the sons of Israel served Cushan-rishathaim for eight years.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:39 - Then Gideon said to God, “Do not let Your anger H639 burn against me, so that I may speak only one more time; please let me put You to the test only one more time with the fleece: let it now be dry only on the fleece, and let there be dew on all the ground.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:30 -

When Zebul the leader of the city heard the words of Gaal the son of Ebed, his anger H639 burned.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:7 - And the anger H639 of the LORD burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of the sons of Ammon.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:19 -

Then the Spirit of the LORD rushed upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon and killed thirty men of them and took what they were wearing and gave the outfits of clothes to those who told the riddle. And his anger H639 burned, and he went up to his father’s house.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:5 - but to Hannah he would give a double H639 portion, because he loved Hannah, but the LORD had closed her womb.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:6 - Then the Spirit of God rushed upon Saul when he heard these words, and [fn]he became very angry H639.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:28 -

Now Eliab his oldest brother heard him when he spoke to the men; and Eliab’s anger H639 burned against David and he said, “Why is it that you have come down? And with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I myself know your insolence and the wickedness of your heart; for you have come down in order to see the battle.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:30 -

Then Saul’s anger H639 burned against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a perverse, rebellious woman! Do I not know that you are choosing the son of Jesse to your own shame, and to the shame of your mother’s nakedness?

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:34 - Then Jonathan got up from the table in the heat of anger H639, and did not eat food on the second day of the new moon, because he was worried about David since his father had insulted him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:41 - When the boy was gone, David got up from the south side, then he fell on his face H639 to the ground and bowed three times. And they kissed each other and wept together, until David wept immeasurably.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:8 -

Afterward, however, David got up and went out of the cave, and called after Saul, saying, “My lord the king!” And when Saul looked behind him, David bowed with his face H639 to the ground and prostrated himself.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:23 -

When Abigail saw David, she hurried and dismounted from her donkey, and fell on her face in front H639 of David and bowed herself to the ground.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:41 - And she got up and bowed with her face H639 to the ground, and said, “Behold, your slave is a servant to wash the feet of my lord’s servants.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:14 - He said to her, “[fn]How does he appear?” And she said, “An old man is coming up, and he is wrapped in a robe.” Then Saul knew that it was Samuel, and he bowed with his face H639 to the ground and paid [fn]homage.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:18 - “Just as you did not [fn]obey the LORD and did not execute His fierce wrath H639 on Amalek, so the LORD has done this thing to you this day.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:7 - And the anger H639 of the LORD burned against Uzzah, and God struck him down there for [fn]his irreverence; and he died there by the ark of God.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:5 -

Then David’s anger H639 burned greatly against the man, and he said to Nathan, “As the LORD lives, the man who has done this certainly [fn]deserves to die!

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:4 -

Now when the woman of Tekoa [fn]spoke to the king, she fell on her face H639 to the ground and prostrated herself, and said, “Help, O king!”

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:33 - So when Joab came to the king and told him, he summoned Absalom. Then Absalom came to the king and prostrated himself [fn]with his face H639 to the ground before the king; and the king kissed Absalom.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:28 -

Then Ahimaaz called out and said to the king, “[fn]All is well.” And he prostrated himself before the king with his face H639 to the ground. And he said, “Blessed is the LORD your God, who has turned over the men who raised their hands against my lord the king.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:9 -

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

And fire from His mouth was devouring;

Coals were kindled by it.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:16 -

“Then the channels of the sea appeared,

The foundations of the world were exposed

By the rebuke of the LORD,

From the blast of the breath of His nostrils H639.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:1 -

Now the anger H639 of the LORD burned against Israel again, and He incited David against them to say, “Go, count Israel and Judah.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:20 - And Araunah looked down and saw the king and his servants crossing over toward him; so Araunah went out and bowed his face H639 to the ground before the king.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:23 - They informed the king, saying, “Nathan the prophet is here.” And when he came into the king’s presence, he prostrated himself [fn]before the king with his face H639 to the ground.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:31 - Then Bathsheba bowed with her face H639 to the ground, and prostrated herself before the king and said, “May my lord King David live forever.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:3 - So the anger H639 of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and He continually handed them over to Hazael king of Aram, and to Ben-hadad, the son of Hazael.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:28 -

‘Because of your raging against Me,

And because your complacency has come up to My ears,

I will put My hook in your nose H639,

And My bridle in your lips,

And I will turn you back by the way by which you came.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:26 -

Nevertheless, the LORD did not turn from the fierceness of His great wrath H639 with which His anger H639 burned against Judah, because of all the provocations with which Manasseh had provoked Him.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:20 - For it was due to the anger H639 of the LORD that this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, until He cast them out of His presence. And Zedekiah revolted against the king of Babylon.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:10 - But the anger H639 of the LORD burned against Uzza, so He struck him because he had put out his hand toward the ark; and he died there before God.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:21 - As David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went out from the threshing floor and prostrated himself to David with his face H639 to the ground.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:3 - All the sons of Israel, seeing the fire come down and the glory of the LORD upon the house, bowed down on the pavement with their faces H639 to the ground, and they worshiped and gave praise to the LORD, saying, “Certainly He is good, certainly His faithfulness is everlasting.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:12 - And when he humbled himself, the anger H639 of the LORD turned away from him, so as not to destroy him completely; and conditions were also good in Judah.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:18 -

Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face H639 to the ground, and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell down before the LORD, worshiping the LORD.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:10 - Then Amaziah [fn]dismissed the troops which came to him from Ephraim, to go home; so their anger H639 burned against Judah, and they returned [fn]home in fierce anger H639.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:15 - So the anger H639 of the LORD burned against Amaziah, and He sent him a prophet who said to him, “Why have you sought the gods of the people who have not saved their own people from your hand?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:11 - “Now then, listen to me and return the captives whom you captured from your brothers, for the burning anger H639 of the LORD is against you.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:13 - and said to them, “You must not bring the captives in here, for you are proposing to bring guilt upon us before the LORD, adding to our sins and our guilt; for our guilt is great, and His burning anger H639 is against Israel.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:10 - “Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with the LORD God of Israel, so that His burning anger H639 may turn away from us.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:8 - “Now do not stiffen your neck like your fathers, but [fn]yield to the LORD and enter His sanctuary which He has consecrated forever, and serve the LORD your God, that His burning anger H639 may turn away from you.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:22 - For I was ashamed to request from the king troops and horsemen to [fn]protect us from the enemy on the way, because we had said to the king, “The hand of our God is [fn]favorably disposed to all who seek Him, but His power and His anger H639 are against all those who abandon Him.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:14 - “Please let our leaders [fn]represent all the assembly and have all those in our cities who have married foreign wives come at appointed times, together with the elders and judges of each city, until the fierce anger H639 of our God on account of this matter is turned away from us.”

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