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Lexicon :: Strong's H637 - 'ap̄

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אַף
Transliteration
'ap̄
Pronunciation
af
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Part of Speech
adverb, conjunction
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive particle
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TWOT Reference: 142

Strong’s Definitions

אַף ʼaph, af; a primitive particle; meaning accession (used as an adverb or conjunction); also or yea; adversatively though:—also, + although, and (furthermore, yet), but, even, + how much less (more, rather than), moreover, with, yea.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x

The KJV translates Strong's H637 in the following manner: also, even, yet, moreover, yea, with, low, therefore, much.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x
The KJV translates Strong's H637 in the following manner: also, even, yet, moreover, yea, with, low, therefore, much.
conjunction (denoting addition, especially of something greater)

  1. also, yea, though, so much the more

    adverb

  2. furthermore, indeed

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אַף ʼaph, af; a primitive particle; meaning accession (used as an adverb or conjunction); also or yea; adversatively though:—also, + although, and (furthermore, yet), but, even, + how much less (more, rather than), moreover, with, yea.
STRONGS H637: Abbreviations
II. אַף conjunction denoting addition, especially of something greater, also, yea (so Phoenician, Aramaic PAx  , אַף, אוֺף; compare فَ).
1. very rare in plain prose (in which גַּם is more usual): Genesis 40:16* (*with pronoun, as rather often) Ialso in my dream, Numbers 16:14; Deuteronomy 2:11*; Deuteronomy 2:20* 2 Samuel 20:14 (see Dr) 2 Kings 2:14 * Esther 5:12; more frequently in poetry, especially as introducing emphatically a new thought Deuteronomy 33:3, 20, 28; 1 Samuel 2:7; Psalm 16:6; Psalm 16:7; Psalm 16:9; Psalm 18:49; Psalm 65:14 they shout for joy, yea, they sing! Psalm 68:9; Psalm 68:17; Psalm 74:16; Psalm 89:28Psalm 1; Proverbs 22:19* Proverbs 23:28* +; or in more elevated prose style, Leviticus 26:16*; Leviticus 26:24*; Leviticus 26:28*; Leviticus 26:41*; and + 25 times in the impassioned rhetoric of Isa2 (Isaiah 40:24-48:15), e.g. Isaiah 40:24; Isaiah 41:10, 26; Isaiah 42:13; Isaiah 43:7, 19; Isaiah 46:11 yea, I have spoken, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed, I will also do it! Isaiah 48:12, 15. Implying something surprising or unexpected, even, indeed Job 14:3; Job 15:4*. וְאַף and also Leviticus 26:39, 40, 42, 44; Deuteronomy 15:17; Habakkuk 2:15; Psalm 68:19; 1 Chronicles 8:32* = 1 Chronicles 9:38* 2 Chronicles 12:5* Nehemiah 2:18; Nehemiah 13:15; and even Job 19:4 וְאַף־אָמְנָם שָׁגִיתִי and even indeed (if) I have erred... With הֲ, הַאַף indeed...? really...? † Genesis 18:13, 23 wilt thou indeed sweep away the righteous with the wicked? Genesis 18:24; Amos 2:11; Job 34:17; Job 40:8. In contrast to a preceding thought (expressed or implied) but, nay (imo) Psalm 44:10; Psalm 58:3; compare Judges 5:29*.
2. (Equally in prose and poetry) with reference to a preceding sentence, yea, à fortiori, the more so (= how much more! after an affirm. clause; = how much less! after a negative one): 2 Samuel 4:10f. when one told me, Saul is dead... I took hold of him and slew him... אַף כִּי־אֲנָשִׁים רְשָׁעִים הָרְגוּ וג׳ à fortiori, how much more (should I do so when wicked men have slain a righteous person, etc.! Ezekiel 14:21 (Ew Hi) Ezekiel 15:5; Proverbs 21:27 (in all these passages כִּי = when) Job 4:19. So וְאַף † 1 Samuel 23:3; 2 Kings 5:13... וְאַף כִּי־אָמַר אֵלֶיךָ and the more (= and how much rather), when he hath said to thee, etc. More commonly in this sense strengthened by כִּי (q. v.), see below
אַף כִּי
1. furthermore † Ezekiel 23:40; Habakkuk 2:5 (Ges quin imo, quin etiam).
2. in a question, indeed (is it) that...? † Genesis 3:1 אַף כִּי־אָמַר אֱלֹהִים indeed, that God has said...? i.e. has God really said...? (compare הַאַף above).
3. with reference to a preceding sentence (which is often introduced by הֵן or הִנֵּה), yea, that...! i.e. how much more (or less) ! † Proverbs 11:31 lo, the righteous is recompensed in the earth וְחוֺטֵא רָשָׁע כִּי אַֹף 'tis indeed that (= how much more) the wicked and the sinner! Proverbs 15:11; Proverbs 17:7; Proverbs 19:7, 10; Job 9:14; Job 15:16; Job 25:6; 1 Samuel 14:30; 1 Kings 8:27 (= 2 Chronicles 6:18) lo, the heavens... cannot contain thee אַ֕ף כִּי הַבַּיִת הַזֶּה 'tis indeed that this house (cannot do so), i.e. how much less this house! 2 Chronicles 32:15. So וְאַף כִּי † Deuteronomy 31:27; 1 Samuel 21:6 (perhaps; but see RSSemitic i. 436 DrSm 293) 2 Samuel 16:11. (In Job 35:14 (Hi De) Nehemiah 9:18 אַף כִּי is simply = yea, when...)

See related Aramaic BDB entry H638.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

3:1; 18:13; 18:23; 18:24; 40:16

Leviticus

26:16; 26:24; 26:28; 26:39; 26:40; 26:41; 26:42; 26:44

Numbers

16:14

Deuteronomy

2:11; 2:20; 15:17; 31:27; 33:3; 33:20; 33:28

Judges

5:29

1 Samuel

2:7; 14:30; 21:6; 23:3

2 Samuel

4:10; 16:11; 20:14

1 Kings

8:27

2 Kings

2:14; 5:13

1 Chronicles

8:32; 9:38

2 Chronicles

6:18; 12:5; 32:15

Nehemiah

2:18; 9:18; 13:15

Esther

5:12

Job

4:19; 9:14; 14:3; 15:4; 15:16; 19:4; 25:6; 34:17; 35:14; 40:8

Psalms

1; 16:6; 16:7; 16:9; 18:49; 44:10; 58:3; 68:9; 68:17; 68:19; 74:16; 89:28

Proverbs

11:31; 15:11; 17:7; 19:7; 19:10; 21:27; 22:19; 23:28

Isaiah

40:24; 40:24; 40:25; 40:26; 40:27; 40:28; 40:29; 40:30; 40:31; 41:1; 41:2; 41:3; 41:4; 41:5; 41:6; 41:7; 41:8; 41:9; 41:10; 41:10; 41:11; 41:12; 41:13; 41:14; 41:15; 41:16; 41:17; 41:18; 41:19; 41:20; 41:21; 41:22; 41:23; 41:24; 41:25; 41:26; 41:26; 41:27; 41:28; 41:29; 42:1; 42:2; 42:3; 42:4; 42:5; 42:6; 42:7; 42:8; 42:9; 42:10; 42:11; 42:12; 42:13; 42:13; 42:14; 42:15; 42:16; 42:17; 42:18; 42:19; 42:20; 42:21; 42:22; 42:23; 42:24; 42:25; 43:1; 43:2; 43:3; 43:4; 43:5; 43:6; 43:7; 43:7; 43:8; 43:9; 43:10; 43:11; 43:12; 43:13; 43:14; 43:15; 43:16; 43:17; 43:18; 43:19; 43:19; 43:20; 43:21; 43:22; 43:23; 43:24; 43:25; 43:26; 43:27; 43:28; 44:1; 44:2; 44:3; 44:4; 44:5; 44:6; 44:7; 44:8; 44:9; 44:10; 44:11; 44:12; 44:13; 44:14; 44:15; 44:16; 44:17; 44:18; 44:19; 44:20; 44:21; 44:22; 44:23; 44:24; 44:25; 44:26; 44:27; 44:28; 45:1; 45:2; 45:3; 45:4; 45:5; 45:6; 45:7; 45:8; 45:9; 45:10; 45:11; 45:12; 45:13; 45:14; 45:15; 45:16; 45:17; 45:18; 45:19; 45:20; 45:21; 45:22; 45:23; 45:24; 45:25; 46:1; 46:2; 46:3; 46:4; 46:5; 46:6; 46:7; 46:8; 46:9; 46:10; 46:11; 46:11; 46:12; 46:13; 47:1; 47:2; 47:3; 47:4; 47:5; 47:6; 47:7; 47:8; 47:9; 47:10; 47:11; 47:12; 47:13; 47:14; 47:15; 48:1; 48:2; 48:3; 48:4; 48:5; 48:6; 48:7; 48:8; 48:9; 48:10; 48:11; 48:12; 48:12; 48:13; 48:14; 48:15; 48:15

Ezekiel

14:21; 15:5; 23:40

Amos

2:11

Habakkuk

2:5; 2:15

H637

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Strong's Number H637 matches the Hebrew אַף ('ap̄),
which occurs 134 times in 123 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 3 (Gen 3:1–Job 25:6)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:1 - Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which Jehovah God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of any tree of the garden?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:13 - And Jehovah said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, who am old?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:23 - And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou consume the righteous with the wicked?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:24 - Peradventure there are fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:16 - When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said unto Joseph, I also was in my dream, and, behold, three baskets of white bread were on my head:

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:16 - I also will do this unto you: I will appoint terror over you, even consumption and fever, that shall consume the eyes, and make the soul to pine away; and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:24 - then will I also walk contrary unto you; and I will smite you, even I, seven times for your sins.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:28 - then I will walk contrary unto you in wrath; and I also will chastise you seven times for your sins.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:39 - And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies’ lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:40 - And they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, in their trespass which they trespassed against me, and also that, because they walked contrary unto me,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:41 - I also walked contrary unto them, and brought them into the land of their enemies: if then their uncircumcised heart be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:42 - then will I remember my covenant with Jacob; and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:44

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:44 - And yet for all that, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject them, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them; for I am Jehovah their God;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:14 - Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey, nor given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? we will not come up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:11 - these also are accounted Rephaim, as the Anakim; but the Moabites call them Emim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:20 - (That also is accounted a land of Rephaim: Rephaim dwelt therein aforetime; but the Ammonites call them Zamzummim,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 15:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:17 - then thou shalt take an awl, and thrust it through his ear unto the door, and he shall be thy servant for ever. And also unto thy maid-servant thou shalt do likewise.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:27 - For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against Jehovah; and how much more after my death?

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:3 -
Yea, he loveth the people;
All his saints are in thy hand:
And they sat down at thy feet;
Every one shall receive of thy words.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:20 - And of Gad he said,
Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad:
He dwelleth as a lioness,
And teareth the arm, yea, the crown of the head.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:28 -
And Israel dwelleth in safety,
The fountain of Jacob alone,
In a land of grain and new wine;
Yea, his heavens drop down dew.

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Her wise ladies answered her,
Yea, she returned answer to herself,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:7 -
Jehovah maketh poor, and maketh rich:
He bringeth low, he also lifteth up.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:30 - How much more, if haply the people had eaten freely to-day of the spoil of their enemies which they found? for now hath there been no great slaughter among the Philistines.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:5 - And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days; when I came out, the vessels of the young men were holy, though it was but a common journey; how much more then to-day shall their vessels be holy?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:3 - And David’s men said unto him, Behold, we are afraid here in Judah: how much more then if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:11 - How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed, shall I not now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:11 - And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, who came forth from my bowels, seeketh my life: how much more may this Benjamite now do it? let him alone, and let him curse; for Jehovah hath bidden him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:14 - And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to Beth-maacah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:27 - But will God in very deed dwell on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded!

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:14 - And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where is Jehovah, the God of Elijah? and when he also had smitten the waters, they were divided hither and thither; and Elisha went over.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:13 - And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:32 - And Mikloth begat Shimeah. And they also dwelt with their brethren in Jerusalem, over against their brethren.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:38 - And Mikloth begat Shimeam. And they also dwelt with their brethren in Jerusalem, over against their brethren.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:30 -
Tremble before him, all the earth:
The world also is established that it cannot be moved.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:18 - But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have builded!

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:5 - Now Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith Jehovah, Ye have forsaken me, therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:15 - Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you after this manner, neither believe ye him; for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of my hand, and out of the hand of my fathers: how much less shall your God deliver you out of my hand?

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:18 - And I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me, as also of the king’s words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for the good work.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:18 - Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This is thy God that brought thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought great provocations;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:15 - In those days saw I in Judah some men treading wine-presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses therewith; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath day: and I testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:12 - Haman said moreover, Yea, Esther the queen did let no man come in with the king unto the banquet that she had prepared but myself; and to-morrow also am I invited by her together with the king.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:19 -
How much more them that dwell in houses of clay,
Whose foundation is in the dust,
Who are crushed before the moth!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:27 -
Yea, ye would cast lots upon the fatherless,
And make merchandise of your friend.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:14 -
How much less shall I answer him,
And choose out my words to reason with him?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:3 -
And dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one,
And bringest me into judgment with thee?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:4 -
Yea, thou doest away with fear,
And hinderest devotion before God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:16 -
How much less one that is abominable and corrupt,
A man that drinketh iniquity like water!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:4 -
And be it indeed that I have erred,
Mine error remaineth with myself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 25:6 -
How much less man, that is a worm!
And the son of man, that is a worm!

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