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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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)

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:6 - Then Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. And all the people answered, “Amen, Amen!” with the raising of their hands; then they kneeled down and worshiped the LORD with their faces H639 to the ground.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:17 -

“They refused to listen,

And did not remember Your wondrous deeds which You performed among them;

So they became stubborn and appointed a leader to return to their slavery in [fn]Egypt.

But You are a God of forgiveness,

Gracious and compassionate,

Slow to anger H639 and abounding in [fn]mercy;

And You did not abandon them.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:9 -

“By the breath of God they perish,

And by the [fn]blast of His anger H639 they come to an end.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:5 -

It is God who removes the mountains, and they do not know how,

When He overturns them in His anger H639.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:13 -

“God will not turn back His anger H639;

Beneath Him the helpers of [fn]Rahab cower.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:13 -

“Oh that You would hide me in [fn]Sheol,

That You would conceal me until Your wrath H639 returns to You,

That You would set a limit for me and remember me!

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:9 -

“His anger H639 has torn me and [fn]hunted me down,

He has gnashed at me with His teeth;

My enemy [fn]glares at me.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:4 -

[fn]You who tear yourself in your anger H639

Should the earth be abandoned for your sake,

Or the rock moved from its place?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:11 -

“He has also kindled His anger H639 against me

And considered me as His enemy.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:23 -

“When he fills his belly,

God will send His fierce anger H639 on him

And rain it on him [fn]while he is eating.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:28 -

“The increase of his house will disappear;

His possessions will flow away on the day of His anger H639.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:17 -

“How often is the lamp of the wicked put out,

Or does their disaster fall on them?

Does [fn]God apportion destruction in His anger H639?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:3 -

For as long as [fn]life is in me,

And the [fn]breath of God is in my nostrils H639,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:2 - But the anger H639 of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, burned against Job; his anger H639 burned because he justified himself [fn]before God.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:3 - And his anger H639 burned against his three friends because they had found no answer, yet they had condemned Job.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:5 - But when Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of the three men, his anger H639 burned.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:15 -

“And now, because He has not avenged His anger H639,

Nor has He acknowledged [fn]wrongdoing well,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:13 -

“But the godless in heart nurture anger H639;

They do not call for help when He binds them.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:11 -

“Let out your outbursts of anger H639,

And look at everyone who is arrogant, and humble him.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:24 -

“Can anyone capture him [fn]when he is on watch,

Can anyone pierce his nose H639 with barbs?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:2 -

“Can you put a [fn]rope in his nose H639,

And pierce his jaw with a [fn]hook?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:7 -

It came about after the LORD had spoken these words to Job, that the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath H639 is kindled against you and against your two friends, because you have not spoken of Me what is trustworthy, as My servant Job has.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:5 -

Then He will speak to them in His anger H639

And terrify them in His fury, saying,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:12 -

[fn]Kiss the Son, that He not be angry and you perish on the way,

For His wrath H639 may be kindled quickly.

How blessed are all who take refuge in Him!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:1 -

For the music director; with stringed instruments, [fn]upon an eight-string lyre. A Psalm of David.

LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger H639,

Nor discipline me in Your wrath.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:6 -

Arise, LORD, in Your anger H639;

Raise Yourself against the rage of my enemies,

And stir Yourself [fn]for me; You have ordered judgment.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:4 -

The wicked, [fn]in his haughtiness H639, does not seek Him.

There is no God in all his schemes.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:8 -

Smoke went up [fn]out of His nostrils H639,

And fire from His mouth was devouring;

Coals burned from it.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:15 -

Then the channels of water appeared,

And the foundations of the world were exposed

By Your rebuke, LORD,

At the blast of the breath of Your nostrils H639.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:9 -

You will make them as a fiery oven in the time [fn]of your anger;

The LORD will swallow them up in His wrath H639,

And fire will devour them.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:9 -

Do not hide Your face from me,

Do not turn Your servant away in anger H639;

You have been my help;

Do not abandon me nor forsake me,

God of my salvation!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:5 -

For His anger H639 is but for a moment,

His favor is for a lifetime;

Weeping may last for the night,

But a shout of joy comes in the morning.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:8 -

Cease from anger H639 and abandon wrath;

Do not get upset; it leads only to evildoing.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:3 -

Because of the voice of the enemy,

Because of the pressure of the wicked;

For they bring down [fn]trouble upon me

And in anger H639 they hold a grudge against me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:7 -

Because of their wickedness, will there be an escape for them?

In anger H639 make the peoples fall down, God!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:24 -

Pour out Your indignation on them,

And may Your burning anger H639 overtake them.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:1 -

A [fn]Maskil of Asaph.

God, why have You rejected us forever?

Why does Your anger H639 smoke against the sheep of Your [fn]pasture?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:7 -

You, You indeed are to be feared,

And who may stand in Your presence, [fn]once You are angry H639?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:9 -

Has God forgotten to be gracious,

Or has He in anger H639 [fn]withdrawn His compassion? Selah

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:21 -

Therefore the LORD heard and [fn]was full of wrath;

And a fire was kindled against Jacob,

And anger H639 also mounted against Israel,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:31 -

The anger H639 of God rose against them

And killed [fn]some of their strongest ones,

And [fn]subdued the choice men of Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:38 -

But He, being compassionate, [fn]forgave their wrongdoing and did not destroy them;

And often He [fn]restrained His anger H639

And did not stir up all His wrath.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:49 -

He sent His burning anger H639 upon them,

Fury and indignation and trouble,

A band of [fn]destroying angels.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:50 -

He leveled a path for His anger H639;

He did not spare their souls from death,

But turned their lives over to the plague,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 85:3 -

You withdrew all Your fury;

You turned away from Your burning anger H639.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 85:5 -

Will You be angry with us forever?

Will You prolong Your anger H639 to [fn]all generations?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:15 -

But You, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God,

Slow to anger H639 and abundant in mercy and [fn]truth.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:7 -

For we have been consumed by Your anger H639,

And we have been terrified by Your wrath.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:11 -

Who [fn]understands the power of Your anger H639

And Your fury, according to the fear [fn]that is due You?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:11 -

“Therefore I swore in My anger H639,

They certainly shall not enter My rest.”


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