אַף aph

Hebrew word for “face” · Strong’s H639 · used 276 times in 269 verses

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Meaning

: anger; 1) nostril, nose, face; 2) anger

Senses in the lexicon

• face: anger (225)
• face: nose (27)
• face (24)

How it is translated

Glosses given for aph in context, with how often each is used:

• anger 209
• nose 22
• face 20
• angers 16
• nostrils 7
• double 1
• faces 1

Where it is used

Also in 20 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Exodus 32 (5), Deuteronomy 29 (5), Psalms 78 (5), Lamentations 2 (5), Numbers 11 (4), Numbers 22 (3), Numbers 32 (3), 1 Samuel 20 (3), Job 32 (3), Isaiah 9 (3)

Forms

• אף 72
• אפו 50
• אפים 27
• אפך 23
• אפי 20
• באפי 15
• באפו 12
• באף 11
• באפך 7
• אפם 4

Words used with it

Words that share verses with aph more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• חָרָה charah “to be incensed” 56
• חָרוֹן charon “burning anger” 34
• חֵמָה chemah “rage” 39
• שׁוּב shuv “to return” 45
• שָׁחָה shachah “to bow” 22
• אָרֵךְ arekh “slow” 13
• אֵשׁ esh “fire” 19
• עֶבְרָה evrah “fury” 12
• מִן־ min “from” 21
• זַעַם zaam “indignation” 9
• יָדַע yada “to know” 19
• כָּלָה kalah “to end” 13

Key verses

The verses using aph that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 3:19 — In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou…
• Exodus 34:6 — And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,
• Deuteronomy 29:20 — The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book…
• Deuteronomy 32:22 — For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the…
• Psalms 2:12 — Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
• Psalms 86:15 — But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.
• Isaiah 5:25 — Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them: and the hills did…
• Isaiah 10:5 — O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.
• Isaiah 12:1 — And in that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me.
• Isaiah 30:30 — And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of…
• Isaiah 49:23 — And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the…
• Micah 7:18 — Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever,…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.