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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 1 / 6 (Gen 2:7–Deu 32:22)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:7 - And God formed the man of dust of the earth, and breathed upon his face the breath of life, [fn] and the man became a living soul.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:19 - In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat thy bread until thou return to the earth out of which thou wast taken, for earth thou art and to earth thou shalt return.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:22 - And all things which have the breath of life, and whatever was on the dry land, died.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:1 - And the two angels came to Sodom at evening. And Lot sat by the gate of Sodom, and Lot having seen them, rose up to meet them, and he worshipped with his face to the ground, and said,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:47 - And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? tell me; and she said, I am daughter of Bathuel the son of Nachor, whom Melcha bore to him; and I put on her the ear-rings, and the bracelets on her hands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:45 - and rage depart from thee, and he forget what thou hast done to him; and I will send and fetch thee thence, lest at any time I should be bereaved of you both in one day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:2 - And Jacob was angry with Rachel, and said to her, Am I in the place of God, who has deprived thee of the fruit of the womb?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:19 - And it came to pass, when his master heard all the words of his wife, that she spoke to him, saying, Thus did thy servant to me, that he was very angry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:6 - And Joseph was ruler of the land; he sold to all the people of the land. And the brethren of Joseph, having come, did reverence to him, bowing with the face to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:18 - And Judas drew near him, and said, I pray, Sir, let thy servant speak a word before thee, and be not angry with thy servant, for thou art next to Pharao.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:12 - And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and they did reverence to him, with their face to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:6 - Let not my soul come into their counsel, and let not mine inward parts contend in their conspiracy, for in their wrath they slew men, and in their passion they houghed a bull.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:7 - Cursed be their wrath, for it was wilful, and their anger, for it was [fn]cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:14 - And the Lord was greatly angered against Moses, and said, Lo! is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he will surely speak to thee; and, behold, he will come forth to meet thee, and beholding thee he will rejoice within himself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 11:8 - And all these thy servants shall come down to me, and do me reverence, saying, Go forth, thou and all the people over whom thou presidest, and afterwards I will go forth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:8 - And by the breath of thine anger the water parted asunder; the waters were congealed as a wall, the waves were congealed in the midst of the sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:24 - (LXX 22:23) And I will be very angry, and will slay you with the sword, and your wives shall be widows and your children orphans.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:10 - And now let me alone, and I will be very angry with them and consume them, and I will make thee a great nation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:11 - And Moses prayed before the Lord God, and said, Wherefore, O Lord, art thou very angry with thy people, whom thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt with great strength, and with thy high arm?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:12 - Take heed lest at any time the Egyptians speak, saying, With evil intent he brought them out to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from off the earth; cease from thy wrathful anger, and be merciful to the sin of thy people,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:19 - And when he drew nigh to the camp, he sees the calf and the dances; and Moses being very angry cast the two tables out of his hands, and broke them to pieces under the mountain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:22 - And Aaron said to Moses, Be not angry, my lord, for thou knowest the [fn]impetuosity of this people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:6 - And the Lord passed by before his face, and proclaimed, The Lord God, pitiful and merciful, longsuffering and very compassionate, and true,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:1 - And the people murmured sinfully before the Lord; and the Lord heard them and was very angry; and fire was kindled among them from the Lord, and devoured a part of the camp.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:10 - And Moses heard them weeping by their families, every one in his door: and the Lord was very angry; and the thing was evil in the sight of Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:20 - ye shall eat for [fn]a full month, until the flesh come out at your nostrils; and it shall be [fn]nausea to you, because ye disobeyed the Lord, who is among you, and wept before him, saying, What had we to do to come out of Egypt?

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:33 - The flesh was yet between their teeth, before it failed, when the Lord was wroth with the people, and the Lord smote the people with a very great plague.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:9 - And the great anger of the Lord was upon them, and he departed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:18 - The Lord is long-suffering and merciful, and true, removing transgressions and iniquities and sins, and he will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the sins of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:22 - And God was very angry because he went; and the angel of the Lord rose up to withstand him. Now he had mounted his ass, and his two servants were with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:27 - And when the ass saw the angel of God, she [fn]lay down under Balaam; and Balaam was angry, and struck the ass with his staff.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:31 - And God opened the eyes of Balaam, and he sees the angel of the Lord withstanding him in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand, and he stooped down and worshipped on his face.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:10 - And Balac was angry with Balaam, and clapped his hands together; and Balac said to Balaam, I called thee to curse my enemy, and behold thou hast decidedly blessed him this third time.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:3 - And Israel consecrated themselves to Beel-phegor; and the Lord was very angry with Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:4 - And the Lord said to Moses, Take all the princes of the people, and [fn]make them examples of judgment for the Lord in the face of the sun, and the anger of the Lord shall be turned away from Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:10 - And the Lord was very angry in that day, and sware, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:13 - And the Lord was very angry with Israel; and for forty years he caused them to wander in the wilderness, until all the generation which did evil [fn]in the sight of the Lord was extinct.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:14 - Behold, ye are risen up in the room of your fathers, a [fn]combination of sinful men, to increase yet farther the fierce wrath of the Lord against Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:15 - for the Lord thy God in the midst of thee is a jealous God, lest the Lord thy God be very angry with thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:4 - For he will draw away thy son from me, and he will serve other gods; and the Lord will be very angry with you, and will soon utterly destroy thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:19 - And I [fn]was greatly terrified because of the wrath and anger, because the Lord was provoked with you utterly to destroy you; yet the Lord hearkened to me at this time also.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:17 - and the Lord be angry with you, and restrain the heaven; and there shall not be rain, and the earth shall not yield its fruit, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land, which the Lord has given you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:17 - (LXX 13:18) And there shall nothing of the cursed thing cleave to thy hand, that the Lord may turn from his fierce anger, and [fn]shew thee mercy, and pity thee, and multiply thee, as he sware to thy fathers;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:20 - (LXX 29:19) God shall by no means be willing to pardon him, but then the wrath of the Lord and his jealousy shall flame out against that man; and all the curses of this covenant shall attach themselves to him, which are written in this book, and the Lord shall blot out his name from under heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:23 - (LXX 29:22) brimstone and burning salt, (the whole land shall not be sown, neither shall any green thing spring, nor rise upon it, as Sodom and Gomorrha were overthrown, Adama and Seboim, which the Lord overthrew in his wrath and anger:)—

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:24 - (LXX 29:23) and all the nations shall say, Why has the Lord done thus to this land? what is this great fierceness of anger?

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:27 - (LXX 29:26) And the Lord was exceedingly angry with that land to bring upon it according to all the curses which are written in the book of this law.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:28

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:28 - (LXX 29:27) And the Lord removed them from their land in anger, and wrath, and very great indignation, and cast them out into another land as at present.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:17 - And I will be very angry with them in that day, and I will leave them and turn my face away from them, and they shall be devoured; and many evils and afflictions shall come upon them; and they shall say in that day, Because the Lord my God is not with me, these evils have come upon me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:22 - For a fire has been kindled out of my wrath, it shall burn to hell below; it shall devour the land, and the fruits of it; it shall set on fire the foundations of the mountains.

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