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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 Box Neh 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:6 - And Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God, and all the people answered, “Amen, Amen,” lifting up their hands. And they bowed their heads and worshiped the LORD with their faces to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:17 - They refused to obey and were not mindful of the wonders that you performed among them, but they stiffened their neck and appointed a leader to return to their slavery in Egypt.[fn] But you are a God ready to forgive, gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and did not forsake them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:9 - By the breath of God they perish,
and by the blast of his anger they are consumed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:5 - he who removes mountains, and they know it not,
when he overturns them in his anger,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:13 - “God will not turn back his anger;
beneath him bowed the helpers of Rahab.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:13 - Oh that you would hide me in Sheol,
that you would conceal me until your wrath be past,
that you would appoint me a set time, and remember me!

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 16:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:9 - He has torn me in his wrath and hated me;
he has gnashed his teeth at me;
my adversary sharpens his eyes against me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 18:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:4 - You who tear yourself in your anger,
shall the earth be forsaken for you,
or the rock be removed out of its place?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 19:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:11 - He has kindled his wrath against me
and counts me as his adversary.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:23 - To fill his belly to the full,
God[fn] will send his burning anger against him
and rain it upon him into his body.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:28 - The possessions of his house will be carried away,
dragged off in the day of God’s[fn] wrath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:17 - “How often is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out?
That their calamity comes upon them?
That God[fn] distributes pains in his anger?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:3 - as long as my breath is in me,
and the spirit of God is in my nostrils,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 32:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:2 - Then Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, burned with anger. He burned with anger at Job because he justified himself rather than God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:3 - He burned with anger also at Job’s three friends because they had found no answer, although they had declared Job to be in the wrong.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 32:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:5 - And when Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, he burned with anger.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 35:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:15 - And now, because his anger does not punish,
and he does not take much note of transgression,[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:13 - “The godless in heart cherish anger;
they do not cry for help when he binds them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 40:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:11 - Pour out the overflowings of your anger,
and look on everyone who is proud and abase him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 40:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:24 - Can one take him by his eyes,[fn]
or pierce his nose with a snare?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:2 - Can you put a rope in his nose
or pierce his jaw with a hook?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 42:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:7 - After the LORD had spoken these words to Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite: “My anger burns against you and against your two friends, for you have not spoken of me what is right, as my servant Job has.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:5 - Then he will speak to them in his wrath,
and terrify them in his fury, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:12 - Kiss the Son,
lest he be angry, and you perish in the way,
for his wrath is quickly kindled.
Blessed are all who take refuge in him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:1 - To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments; according to The Sheminith.[fn] A Psalm of David.
O LORD, rebuke me not in your anger,
nor discipline me in your wrath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:6 - Arise, O LORD, in your anger;
lift yourself up against the fury of my enemies;
awake for me; you have appointed a judgment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 10:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:4 - In the pride of his face[fn] the wicked does not seek him;[fn]
all his thoughts are, “There is no God.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:8 - Smoke went up from his nostrils,[fn]
and devouring fire from his mouth;
glowing coals flamed forth from him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:15 - Then the channels of the sea were seen,
and the foundations of the world were laid bare
at your rebuke, O LORD,
at the blast of the breath of your nostrils.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 21:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:9 - You will make them as a blazing oven
when you appear.
The LORD will swallow them up in his wrath,
and fire will consume them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 27:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:9 - Hide not your face from me.
Turn not your servant away in anger,
O you who have been my help.
Cast me not off; forsake me not,
O God of my salvation!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 30:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:5 - For his anger is but for a moment,
and his favor is for a lifetime.[fn]
Weeping may tarry for the night,
but joy comes with the morning.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:8 - Refrain from anger, and forsake wrath!
Fret not yourself; it tends only to evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 55:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:3 - because of the noise of the enemy,
because of the oppression of the wicked.
For they drop trouble upon me,
and in anger they bear a grudge against me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 56:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:7 - For their crime will they escape?
In wrath cast down the peoples, O God!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:24 - Pour out your indignation upon them,
and let your burning anger overtake them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:1 - A Maskil[fn] of Asaph.
O God, why do you cast us off forever?
Why does your anger smoke against the sheep of your pasture?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 76:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:7 - But you, you are to be feared!
Who can stand before you
when once your anger is roused?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 77:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:9 - Has God forgotten to be gracious?
Has he in anger shut up his compassion?” Selah

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:21 - Therefore, when the LORD heard, he was full of wrath;
a fire was kindled against Jacob;
his anger rose against Israel,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:31 - the anger of God rose against them,
and he killed the strongest of them
and laid low the young men of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:38

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:38 - Yet he, being compassionate,
atoned for their iniquity
and did not destroy them;
he restrained his anger often
and did not stir up all his wrath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:49

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:49 - He let loose on them his burning anger,
wrath, indignation, and distress,
a company of destroying angels.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:50

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:50 - He made a path for his anger;
he did not spare them from death,
but gave their lives over to the plague.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 85:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 85:3 - You withdrew all your wrath;
you turned from your hot anger.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 85:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 85:5 - Will you be angry with us forever?
Will you prolong your anger to all generations?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 86:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:15 - But you, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious,
slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 90:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:7 - For we are brought to an end by your anger;
by your wrath we are dismayed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 90:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:11 - Who considers the power of your anger,
and your wrath according to the fear of you?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 95:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:11 - Therefore I swore in my wrath,
“They shall not enter my rest.”

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