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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 - Then Ezra H5830 blessed H1288 the LORD H3068 the great H1419 God. H430 And all H3605 the people H5971 answered, H6030 “Amen, H543 Amen!” H543 while lifting H4607 up their hands; H3027 then they bowed H6915 low H6915 and worshiped H7812 the LORD H3068 with their faces H639 to the ground. H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:17 - “They refused H3985 to listen, H8085
And did not remember H2142 Your wondrous H6381 deeds H6381 which H834 You had performed H6213 among H5973 them;
So they became H7185 H6203 stubborn H7185 H6203 and appointed H5414 a leader H7218 to return H7725 to their slavery H5659 [fn]in Egypt. H4714
But You are a God H433 of forgiveness, H5547
Gracious H2587 and compassionate, H7349
Slow H750 to anger H639 and abounding H7227 in lovingkindness; H2617
And You did not forsake H5800 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:9 - “By the breath H5397 of God H433 they perish, H6
And by the [fn]blast H7307 of His anger H639 they come H3615 to an end. H3615

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:5 - “It is God who removes H6275 the mountains, H2022 they know H3045 not how,
When H834 He overturns H2015 them in His anger; H639

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:13 - “God H433 will not turn H7725 back H7725 His anger; H639
Beneath H8478 Him crouch H7817 the helpers H5826 of Rahab. H7293

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:13 - “Oh H4310 H5414 that You would hide H6845 me in [fn]Sheol, H7585
That You would conceal H5641 me until H5704 Your wrath H639 returns H7725 to You,
That You would set H7896 a limit H2706 for me and remember H2142 me!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:9 - “His anger H639 has torn H2963 me and [fn]hunted H7852 me down, H7852
He has gnashed H2786 at me with His teeth; H8127
My adversary H6862 [fn]glares H3913 H5869 at me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:4 - “O [fn]you who tear H2963 yourself H5315 in your anger H639—
For your sake H4616 is the earth H776 to be abandoned, H5800
Or the rock H6697 to be moved H6275 from its place? H4725

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:11 - “He has also kindled H2734 His anger H639 against H5921 me
And considered H2803 me as His enemy. H6862

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:23 - “When he fills H4390 his belly, H990
God will send H7971 His fierce H2740 anger H639 on him
And will rain H4305 it on him [fn]while he is eating. H3894

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:28 - “The increase H2981 of his house H1004 will depart; H1540
His possessions will flow H5064 away in the day H3117 of His anger. H639

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:17 - “How H4100 often H4100 is the lamp H5216 of the wicked H7563 put H1846 out,
Or does their calamity H343 fall H935 on them?
Does [fn]God apportion H2505 destruction H2256 in His anger? H639

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:3 - For as long H3605 H5750 as [fn]life H5397 is in me,
And the [fn]breath H5397 of God H433 is in my nostrils, H639

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:2 - But the anger H639 of Elihu H453 the son H1121 of Barachel H1292 the Buzite, H940 of the family H4940 of Ram H7410 burned; H2734 against Job H347 his anger H639 burned H2734 because H5921 he justified H6663 himself H5315 [fn]before H4480 God. H430

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:3 - And his anger H639 burned H2734 against his three H7969 friends H7453 because H5921 H834 they had found H4672 no H3808 answer, H4617 and yet had condemned H7561 Job. H347

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:5 - And when Elihu H453 saw H7200 that there H369 was no H369 answer H4617 in the mouth H6310 of the three H7969 men H376 his anger H639 burned. H2734

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:15 - “And now, H6258 because H3588 He has not visited H6485 in His anger, H639
Nor H3808 has He acknowledged H3045 [fn]transgression H6588 well, H3966

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:13 - “But the godless H2611 in heart H3820 lay H7760 up anger; H639
They do not cry H7768 for help H7768 when H3588 He binds H631 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:11 - “Pour H6327 out the overflowings H5678 of your anger, H639
And look H7200 on everyone H3605 who H1343 is proud, H1343 and make H8213 him low. H8213

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:24 - “Can anyone capture H3947 him [fn]when he is on watch, H5869
With [fn]barbs H4170 can anyone pierce H5344 his nose? H639

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:2 - “Can you put H7760 a [fn]rope H100 in his nose H639
Or pierce H5344 his jaw H3895 with a [fn]hook? H2336

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:7 - It came H1961 about after H310 the LORD H3068 had spoken H1696 these H428 words H1697 to Job, H347 that the LORD H3068 said H559 to Eliphaz H464 the Temanite, H8489 “My wrath H639 is kindled H2734 against you and against your two H8147 friends, H7453 because H3588 you have not spoken H1696 of Me what is right H3559 as My servant H5650 Job H347 has.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:5 - Then H227 He will speak H1696 to them in His anger H639
And terrify H926 them in His fury, H2740 saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:12 - [fn]Do H5401 homage H5401 to the Son, H1248 that He not become H599 angry, H599 and you perish H6 in the way, H1870
For His wrath H639 may [fn]soon H4592 be kindled. H1197
How blessed H835 are all H3605 who take H2620 refuge H2620 in Him!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:1 - For the choir director; H5329 with stringed instruments, H5058 [fn]upon an eight-string lyre. H8067 A Psalm H4210 of David. H1732
O LORD, H3068 do not rebuke H3198 me in Your anger, H639
Nor H408 chasten H3256 me in Your wrath. H2534

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:6 - Arise, H6965 O LORD, H3068 in Your anger; H639
Lift H5375 up Yourself against the rage H5678 of my adversaries, H6887
And arouse H5782 Yourself [fn]for me; You have appointed H6680 judgment. H4941

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:4 - The wicked, H7563 in the haughtiness H1363 of his countenance, H639 does not seek H1875 Him.
All H3605 his [fn]thoughts H4209 are, “There H369 is no H369 God.” H430

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:8 - Smoke H6227 went H5927 up [fn]out of His nostrils, H639
And fire H784 from His mouth H6310 devoured; H398
Coals H1513 were kindled H1197 by it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:15 - Then the channels H650 of water H4325 appeared, H7200
And the foundations H4144 of the world H8398 were [fn]laid H1540 bare H1540
At Your rebuke, H1606 O LORD, H3068
At the blast H5397 of the breath H7307 of Your nostrils. H639

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:9 - You will make H7896 them as a fiery H784 oven H8574 in the time H6256 [fn]of your anger; H6440
The LORD H3068 will swallow H1104 them up in His wrath, H639
And fire H784 will devour H398 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:9 - Do not hide H5641 Your face H6440 from me,
Do not turn H5186 Your servant H5650 away H5186 in anger; H639
You have been H1961 my help; H5833
Do not abandon H5203 me nor H408 forsake H5800 me,
O God H430 of my salvation! H3468

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:5 - For His anger H639 is but for a moment, H7281
His favor H7522 is for a lifetime; H2416
Weeping H1065 may last H3885 for the night, H6153
But a shout H7440 of joy H7440 comes in the morning. H1242

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:8 - Cease H7503 from anger H639 and forsake H5800 wrath; H2534
Do not fret; H2734 it leads only H389 to evildoing. H7489

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:3 - Because H4480 of the voice H6963 of the enemy, H340
Because H4480 H6440 of the pressure H6125 of the wicked; H7563
For they bring H4131 down H4131 [fn]trouble H205 upon me
And in anger H639 they bear H7852 a grudge H7852 against H7852 me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:7 - Because H5921 of wickedness, H205 [fn]cast H6405 them forth, H6405
In anger H639 put H3381 down H3381 the peoples, H5971 O God! H430

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:24 - Pour H8210 out Your indignation H2195 on them,
And may Your burning H2740 anger H639 overtake H5381 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:1 - A [fn]Maskil of Asaph.
O God, H430 why H4100 have You rejected H2186 us forever? H5331
Why does Your anger H639 smoke H6225 against the sheep H6629 of Your [fn]pasture? H4830

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:7 - You, even You, are to be feared; H3372
And who H4310 may stand H5975 in Your presence H6440 when H4480 once H227 [fn]You are angry? H639

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:9 - Has God H410 forgotten H7911 to be gracious, H2603
Or H518 has He in anger H639 [fn]withdrawn H7092 His compassion? H7356 Selah. H5542

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:21 - Therefore H3651 the LORD H3068 heard H8085 and [fn]was full H5674 of wrath; H5674
And a fire H784 was kindled H5400 against Jacob H3290
And anger H639 also H1571 mounted H5927 against Israel, H3478

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:31 - The anger H639 of God H430 rose H5927 against them
And killed H2026 [fn]some of their stoutest H4924 ones,
And [fn]subdued H3766 the choice H970 men H977 of Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:38

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:38 - But He, being compassionate, H7349 [fn]forgave H3722 their iniquity H5771 and did not destroy H7843 them;
And often H7235 He [fn]restrained H7725 His anger H639
And did not arouse H5782 all H3605 His wrath. H2534

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:49 - He sent H7971 upon them His burning H2740 anger, H639
Fury H5678 and indignation H2195 and trouble, H6869
[fn]A band H4917 of destroying H7451 angels. H4397

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:50 - He leveled H6424 a path H5410 for His anger; H639
He did not spare H2820 their soul H5315 from death, H4194
But gave H5462 over H5462 their life H2416 to the plague, H1698

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 85:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 85:3 - You withdrew H622 all H3605 Your fury; H5678
You turned H7725 away H7725 from Your burning H2740 anger. H639

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 85:5 - Will You be angry H599 with us forever? H5769
Will You prolong H4900 Your anger H639 to [fn]all H1755 generations? H1755

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:15 - But You, O Lord, H136 are a God H410 merciful H7349 and gracious, H2587
Slow H750 to anger H639 and abundant H7227 in lovingkindness H2617 and [fn]truth. H571

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:7 - For we have been H3615 consumed H3615 by Your anger H639
And by Your wrath H2534 we have been [fn]dismayed. H926

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:11 - Who H4310 [fn]understands H3045 the power H5797 of Your anger H639
And Your fury, H5678 according to the fear H3374 [fn]that is due You?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:11 - “Therefore H834 I swore H7650 in My anger, H639
Truly H518 they shall not enter H935 into My rest.” H4496

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