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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.
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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 2 / 6 (Deu 33:10–Ezr 10:14)

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:10 - “They shall teach Your ordinances to Jacob,
And Your law to Israel.
They shall put incense [fn]before H639 You,
And whole burnt offerings on Your altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 7:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:1 - But the sons of Israel acted unfaithfully in regard to the things under the ban, for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, from the tribe of Judah, took some of the things under the ban, therefore the anger H639 of the LORD burned against the sons of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:26 - They raised over him a great 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:16 - “When you transgress the covenant of the LORD your God, which He commanded you, and 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 off the good land which He has given you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:14 - The anger H639 of the LORD burned against Israel, and He gave them into the hands of plunderers who plundered them; and He sold them into the hands of their enemies around them, so that they could no longer stand before their enemies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:20 - So the anger H639 of the LORD burned against Israel, and He said, “Because this nation has transgressed My covenant which I commanded their fathers and has not listened to My voice,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:8 - Then the anger H639 of the LORD was kindled against Israel, so that He sold them into the hands of Cushan-rishathaim king of [fn]Mesopotamia; and the sons of Israel served Cushan-rishathaim eight years.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:39 - Then Gideon said to God, “Do not let Your anger H639 burn against me that I may speak once more; please let me make a test once more with the fleece, let it now be dry only on the fleece, and let there be dew on all the ground.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:30 - When Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of Gaal the son of Ebed, his anger H639 burned.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:7 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:19 - Then the Spirit of the LORD [fn]came upon him mightily, and he went down to Ashkelon and killed thirty of them and took their spoil and gave the changes of clothes to those who told the riddle. And his anger H639 burned, and he went up to his father’s house.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:5 - but to Hannah he would give a double H639 portion, for he loved Hannah, but the LORD had closed her womb.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 11:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:6 - Then the Spirit of God came upon Saul mightily when he heard these words, and [fn]he became very angry. H639

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:28 - Now Eliab his oldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab’s anger H639 burned against David and he said, “Why have you come down? And with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your insolence and the wickedness of your heart; for you have come down in order to see the battle.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:30

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?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:34 - Then Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, H639 and did not eat food on the second day of the new moon, for he was grieved over David because his father had dishonored him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:41 - When the lad was gone, David rose from the south side and fell on his face H639 to the ground, and bowed three times. And they kissed each other and wept together, but David wept the more.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 24:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:8 - Now afterward David arose 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:23 - When Abigail saw David, she hurried and dismounted from her donkey, and fell on her face before H639 David and bowed herself to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:41 - She arose and bowed with her face H639 to the ground and said, “Behold, your maidservant is a maid to wash the feet of my lord’s servants.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 28:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:14 - He said to her, “What is his form?” And she said, “An old man is coming up, and he is wrapped with a robe.” And Saul knew that it was Samuel, and he bowed with his face H639 to the ground and did homage.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 28:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:18 - “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.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 6:7

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:5 - Then David’s anger H639 burned greatly against the man, and he said to Nathan, “As the LORD lives, surely the man who has done this [fn]deserves to die.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:4

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.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:33

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:33 - So when Joab came to the king and told him, he called for Absalom. Thus he came to the king and prostrated himself on his face H639 to the ground before the king, and the king kissed Absalom.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 18:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:28 - Ahimaaz called 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 delivered up the men who lifted their hands against my lord the king.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:9 - “Smoke went up [fn]out of His nostrils, H639
Fire from His mouth devoured;
Coals were kindled by it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:16 - “Then the channels of the sea appeared,
The foundations of the world were [fn]laid bare
By the rebuke of the LORD,
At the blast of the breath of His nostrils. H639

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 24:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:1 - Now again the anger H639 of the LORD burned against Israel, and it incited David against them to say, “Go, number Israel and Judah.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 24:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:20 - Araunah looked down and saw the king and his servants crossing over toward him; and Araunah went out and bowed his face H639 to the ground before the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:23 - They told the king, saying, “Here is Nathan the prophet.” And when he came in before the king, he prostrated himself [fn]before the king with his face H639 to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:31 - Then Bathsheba bowed with her face H639 to the ground, and prostrated herself [fn]before the king and said, “May my lord King David live forever.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 13:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:3 - So the anger H639 of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and He gave them continually into the hand of Hazael king of Aram, and into the hand of Ben-hadad the son of Hazael.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:28 - ‘Because of your raging against Me,
And because your [fn]arrogance has come up to My ears,
Therefore I will put My hook in your nose, H639
And My bridle in your lips,
And I will turn you back by the way which you came.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:26 - However, 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 24:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:20 - For through the anger H639 of the LORD this came about in Jerusalem and Judah until He cast them out from His presence. And Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 13:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:10 - The anger H639 of the LORD burned against Uzza, so He struck him down because he put out his hand to the ark; and he died there before God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 21:21

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 [fn]before David with his face H639 to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 7:3

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, “Truly He is good, truly His lovingkindness is everlasting.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 12:12

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 also conditions were good in Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:18

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 25:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:10 - Then Amaziah [fn]dismissed them, 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

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 25:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:15 - Then 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 delivered their own people from your hand?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 28:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:11 - “Now therefore, listen to me and return the captives whom you captured from your brothers, for the burning anger H639 of the LORD is against you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 28:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:13 - and said to them, “You must not bring the captives in here, for you are proposing to bring upon us guilt against the LORD adding to our sins and our guilt; for our guilt is great so that His burning anger H639 is against Israel.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 29:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:10 - “Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with the LORD God of Israel, that His burning anger H639 may turn away from us.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 30:8

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 8:22

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 those who seek Him, but His power and His anger H639 are against all those who forsake Him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:14 - “Let our leaders [fn]represent the whole assembly and let 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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