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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 Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy law: they shall put incense before H639 thee, and whole burnt sacrifice upon thine altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:1 - But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger H639 of the LORD was kindled against the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:26 - And they raised over him a great heap of stones unto this day. So the LORD turned from the fierceness of his anger. H639 Wherefore the name of that place was called, The valley of Achor, unto this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:16 - When ye have transgressed the covenant of the LORD your God, which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them; then shall the anger H639 of the LORD be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which he hath given unto you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:14 - And the anger H639 of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:20 - And the anger H639 of the LORD was hot against Israel; and he said, Because that this people hath transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:8 - Therefore the anger H639 of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Chushanrishathaim king of Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel served Chushanrishathaim eight years.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:39 - And Gideon said unto God, Let not thine anger H639 be hot against me, and I will speak but this once: let me prove, I pray thee, but this once with the fleece; let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon all the ground let there be dew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:30 - And when Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of Gaal the son of Ebed, his anger H639 was kindled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:7 - And the anger H639 of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of the children of Ammon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:19 - And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and slew thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and gave change of garments unto them which expounded the riddle. And his anger H639 was kindled, and he went up to his father's house.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:5 - But unto Hannah he gave a worthy H639 portion; for he loved Hannah: but the LORD had shut up her womb.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 11:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:6 - And the Spirit of God came upon Saul when he heard those tidings, and his anger H639 was kindled greatly.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:28 - And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab's anger H639 was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:30 - Then Saul's anger H639 was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou son of the perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own confusion, and unto the confusion of thy mother's nakedness?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:34 - So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, H639 and did eat no meat the second day of the month: for he was grieved for David, because his father had done him shame.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:41 - And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place toward the south, and fell on his face H639 to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 24:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:8 - David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul, saying, My lord the king. And when Saul looked behind him, David stooped with his face H639 to the earth, and bowed himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:23 - And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and lighted off the ass, and fell before H639 David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:41 - And she arose, and bowed herself on her face H639 to the earth, and said, Behold, let thine handmaid be a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 28:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:14 - And he said unto her, What form is he of? And she said, An old man cometh up; and he is covered with a mantle. And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he stooped with his face H639 to the ground, and bowed himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 28:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:18 - Because thou obeyedst not the voice of the LORD, nor executedst his fierce wrath H639 upon Amalek, therefore hath the LORD done this thing unto thee this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 6:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:7 - And the anger H639 of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote him there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:5 - And David's anger H639 was greatly kindled against the man; and he said to Nathan, As the LORD liveth, the man that hath done this thing shall surely die:

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:4 - And when the woman of Tekoah spake to the king, she fell on her face H639 to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:33

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:33 - So Joab came to the king, and told him: and when he had called for Absalom, he came to the king, and bowed 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 - And Ahimaaz called, and said unto the king, All is well. And he fell down to the earth upon his face H639 before the king, and said, Blessed be the LORD thy God, which hath delivered up the men that lifted up their hand against my lord the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:9 - There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, H639 and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:16 - And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuking of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils. H639

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:1 - And again the anger H639 of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he moved 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 - And Araunah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him: and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king on his face H639 upon the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:23 - And they told the king, saying, Behold Nathan the prophet. And when he was come in before the king, he bowed himself 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 earth, and did reverence to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 13:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:3 - And the anger H639 of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he delivered them into the hand of Hazael king of Syria, and into the hand of Benhadad the son of Hazael, all their days.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:28 - Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into mine ears, therefore I will put my hook in thy nose, H639 and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:26 - Notwithstanding the LORD turned not from the fierceness of his great wrath, H639 wherewith his anger H639 was kindled against Judah, because of all the provocations that Manasseh had provoked him withal.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 24:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:20 - For through the anger H639 of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 13:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:10 - And the anger H639 of the LORD was kindled against Uzza, and he smote him, because he put his hand to the ark: and there he died before God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 21:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:21 - And as David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went out of the threshingfloor, and bowed himself to David with his face H639 to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 7:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:3 - And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of the LORD upon the house, they bowed themselves with their faces H639 to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 12:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:12 - And when he humbled himself, the wrath H639 of the LORD turned from him, that he would not destroy him altogether: and also in Judah things went well.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:18 - And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face H639 to the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the LORD, worshipping the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 25:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:10 - Then Amaziah separated them, to wit, the army that was come to him out of Ephraim, to go home again: wherefore their anger H639 was greatly kindled against Judah, and they returned home in great anger. H639

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 25:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:15 - Wherefore the anger H639 of the LORD was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent unto him a prophet, which said unto him, Why hast thou sought after the gods of the people, which could not deliver their own people out of thine hand?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 28:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:11 - Now hear me therefore, and deliver the captives again, which ye have taken captive of your brethren: for the fierce wrath H639 of the LORD is upon you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 28:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:13 - And said unto them, Ye shall not bring in the captives hither: for whereas we have offended against the LORD already, ye intend to add more to our sins and to our trespass: for our trespass is great, and there is fierce wrath H639 against Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 29:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:10 - Now it is in mine heart to make a covenant with the LORD God of Israel, that his fierce wrath H639 may turn away from us.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 30:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:8 - Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves unto the LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever: and serve the LORD your God, that the fierceness of his wrath 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 require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath H639 is against all them that forsake him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:14 - Let now our rulers of all the congregation stand, and let all them which have taken strange wives in our cities come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce wrath H639 of our God for this matter be turned from us.

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