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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
Root Word (Etymology)
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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 21 times in 20 verses in 'Job' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:9 - By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils H639 are they consumed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:5 - Which removeth the mountains, and they know not: which overturneth them in his anger. H639

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:13 - If God will not withdraw his anger, H639 the proud helpers do stoop under him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:13 - O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath H639 be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:9 - He teareth me in his wrath, H639 who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:4 - He teareth himself in his anger: H639 shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:11 - He hath also kindled his wrath H639 against me, and he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:23 - When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath H639 upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:28 - The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath. H639

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:17 - How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger. H639

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:3 - All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils; H639

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:2 - Then was kindled the wrath H639 of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath H639 kindled, because he justified himself rather than God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:3 - Also against his three friends was his wrath H639 kindled, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:5 - When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, then his wrath H639 was kindled.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:15 - But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; H639 yet he knoweth it not in great extremity:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:13 - But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: H639 they cry not when he bindeth them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:11 - Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: H639 and behold every one that is proud, and abase him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:24 - He taketh it with his eyes: his nose H639 pierceth through snares.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:2 - Canst thou put an hook into his nose? H639 or bore his jaw through with a thorn?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:7 - And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath H639 is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.
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