Help QuickNav Adv. Options
NLT

NLT

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Strong's
Red Letter
Copy Options
Cite Print
The Blue Letter Bible

Lexicon :: Strong's H639 - 'ap̄

Aa
אַף
Transliteration
'ap̄
Pronunciation
af
Listen
Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids

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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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

Read the Full Entry

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 2 / 6 (Deu 33:10–Ezr 10:14)

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:10 - They teach your regulations to Jacob;
they give your instructions to Israel.
They present incense before you
and offer whole burnt offerings on the altar.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:1 - But Israel violated the instructions about the things set apart for the LORD.[fn] A man named Achan had stolen some of these dedicated things, so the LORD was very angry with the Israelites. Achan was the son of Carmi, a descendant of Zimri[fn] son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:26 - They piled a great heap of stones over Achan, which remains to this day. That is why the place has been called the Valley of Trouble[fn] ever since. So the LORD was no longer angry.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:16 - If you break the covenant of the LORD your God by worshiping and serving other gods, his anger will burn against you, and you will quickly vanish from the good land he has given you.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:14 - This made the LORD burn with anger against Israel, so he handed them over to raiders who stole their possessions. He turned them over to their enemies all around, and they were no longer able to resist them.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:20 - So the LORD burned with anger against Israel. He said, “Because these people have violated my covenant, which I made with their ancestors, and have ignored my commands,

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:8 - Then the LORD burned with anger against Israel, and he turned them over to King Cushan-rishathaim of Aram-naharaim.[fn] And the Israelites served Cushan-rishathaim for eight years.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:39 - Then Gideon said to God, “Please don’t be angry with me, but let me make one more request. Let me use the fleece for one more test. This time let the fleece remain dry while the ground around it is wet with dew.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:30 - But when Zebul, the leader of the city, heard what Gaal was saying, he was furious.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:7 - So the LORD burned with anger against Israel, and he turned them over to the Philistines and the Ammonites,

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:19 - Then the Spirit of the LORD came powerfully upon him. He went down to the town of Ashkelon, killed thirty men, took their belongings, and gave their clothing to the men who had solved his riddle. But Samson was furious about what had happened, and he went back home to live with his father and mother.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:5 - And though he loved Hannah, he would give her only one choice portion[fn] because the LORD had given her no children.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:6 - Then the Spirit of God came powerfully upon Saul, and he became very angry.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:28 - But when David’s oldest brother, Eliab, heard David talking to the men, he was angry. “What are you doing around here anyway?” he demanded. “What about those few sheep you’re supposed to be taking care of? I know about your pride and deceit. You just want to see the battle!”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:30 - Saul boiled with rage at Jonathan. “You stupid son of a whore!”[fn] he swore at him. “Do you think I don’t know that you want him to be king in your place, shaming yourself and your mother?

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:34 - Jonathan left the table in fierce anger and refused to eat on that second day of the festival, for he was crushed by his father’s shameful behavior toward David.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:41 - As soon as the boy was gone, David came out from where he had been hiding near the stone pile.[fn] Then David bowed three times to Jonathan with his face to the ground. Both of them were in tears as they embraced each other and said good-bye, especially David.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:8 - David came out and shouted after him, “My lord the king!” And when Saul looked around, David bowed low before him.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:23 - When Abigail saw David, she quickly got off her donkey and bowed low before him.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:41 - She bowed low to the ground and responded, “I, your servant, would be happy to marry David. I would even be willing to become a slave, washing the feet of his servants!”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:14 - “What does he look like?” Saul asked.
“He is an old man wrapped in a robe,” she replied. Saul realized it was Samuel, and he fell to the ground before him.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:18 - The LORD has done this to you today because you refused to carry out his fierce anger against the Amalekites.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:7 - Then the LORD’s anger was aroused against Uzzah, and God struck him dead because of this.[fn] So Uzzah died right there beside the Ark of God.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:5 - David was furious. “As surely as the LORD lives,” he vowed, “any man who would do such a thing deserves to die!

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:4 - When the woman from Tekoa approached the king, she bowed with her face to the ground in deep respect and cried out, “O king! Help me!”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:33

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:33 - So Joab told the king what Absalom had said. Then at last David summoned Absalom, who came and bowed low before the king, and the king kissed him.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:28 - Then Ahimaaz cried out to the king, “Everything is all right!” He bowed before the king with his face to the ground and said, “Praise to the LORD your God, who has handed over the rebels who dared to stand against my lord the king.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:9 - Smoke poured from his nostrils;
fierce flames leaped from his mouth.
Glowing coals blazed forth from him.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:16 - Then at the command of the LORD,
at the blast of his breath,
the bottom of the sea could be seen,
and the foundations of the earth were laid bare.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:1 - Once again the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and he caused David to harm them by taking a census. “Go and count the people of Israel and Judah,” the LORD told him.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:20 - When Araunah saw the king and his men coming toward him, he came and bowed before the king with his face to the ground.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:23 - The king’s officials told him, “Nathan the prophet is here to see you.”
Nathan went in and bowed before the king with his face to the ground.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:31 - Then Bathsheba bowed down with her face to the ground before the king and exclaimed, “May my lord King David live forever!”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:3 - So the LORD was very angry with Israel, and he allowed King Hazael of Aram and his son Ben-hadad to defeat them repeatedly.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:28 - And because of your raging against me
and your arrogance, which I have heard for myself,
I will put my hook in your nose
and my bit in your mouth.
I will make you return
by the same road on which you came.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:26 - Even so, the LORD was very angry with Judah because of all the wicked things Manasseh had done to provoke him.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:20 - These things happened because of the LORD’s anger against the people of Jerusalem and Judah, until he finally banished them from his presence and sent them into exile. Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:10 - Then the LORD’s anger was aroused against Uzzah, and he struck him dead because he had laid his hand on the Ark. So Uzzah died there in the presence of God.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:21 - When Araunah saw David approaching, he left his threshing floor and bowed before David with his face to the ground.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:3 - When all the people of Israel saw the fire coming down and the glorious presence of the LORD filling the Temple, they fell face down on the ground and worshiped and praised the LORD, saying,
“He is good!
His faithful love endures forever!”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:12 - Because Rehoboam humbled himself, the LORD’s anger was turned away, and he did not destroy him completely. There were still some good things in the land of Judah.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:18 - Then King Jehoshaphat bowed low with his face to the ground. And all the people of Judah and Jerusalem did the same, worshiping the LORD.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:10 - So Amaziah discharged the hired troops and sent them back to Ephraim. This made them very angry with Judah, and they returned home in a great rage.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:15 - This made the LORD very angry, and he sent a prophet to ask, “Why do you turn to gods who could not even save their own people from you?”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:11 - Listen to me and return these prisoners you have taken, for they are your own relatives. Watch out, because now the LORD’s fierce anger has been turned against you!”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:13 - “You must not bring the prisoners here!” they declared. “We cannot afford to add to our sins and guilt. Our guilt is already great, and the LORD’s fierce anger is already turned against Israel.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:10 - But now I will make a covenant with the LORD, the God of Israel, so that his fierce anger will turn away from us.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:8 - Do not be stubborn, as they were, but submit yourselves to the LORD. Come to his Temple, which he has set apart as holy forever. Worship the LORD your God so that his fierce anger will turn away from you.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:22 - For I was ashamed to ask the king for soldiers and horsemen[fn] to accompany us and protect us from enemies along the way. After all, we had told the king, “Our God’s hand of protection is on all who worship him, but his fierce anger rages against those who abandon him.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:14 - Let our leaders act on behalf of us all. Let everyone who has a pagan wife come at a scheduled time, accompanied by the leaders and judges of his city, so that the fierce anger of our God concerning this affair may be turned away from us.”

BLB Searches
Search the Bible
NLT
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
NLT
Daily Devotionals

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan