Usually translated as
also, yea, how much less, even, and, moreover, although, but, with
Occurrences
ʼaph occurs 134 times in 123 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (5), Leviticus (8), Numbers (1), Deuteronomy (7), Judges (1), 1 Samuel (4), 2 Samuel (3), 1 Kings (1), 2 Kings (2), 1 Chronicles (3), 2 Chronicles (3), Nehemiah (3), Esther (1), Job (19), Psalms (23), Proverbs (9), Ecclesiastes (1), Song of Songs (1), Isaiah (22), Ezekiel (3), Amos (1), Habakkuk (2)
- Genesis 3:1 — Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea (אַ֚ף), hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
- Genesis 18:13 — And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety (הַאַ֥ף) bear a child, which am old?
- Genesis 18:23 — And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also (הַאַ֣ף) destroy the righteous with the wicked?
- Genesis 18:24 — Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also (הַאַ֤ף) destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?
- Genesis 40:16 — When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said unto Joseph, I also (אַף) was in my dream, and, behold, I had three white baskets on my head:
- Leviticus 26:16 — I also (אַף) will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.
- Leviticus 26:24 — Then will I also (אַף) walk contrary unto you, and will punish you yet seven times for your sins.
- Leviticus 26:28 — Then I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even (אַף) I, will chastise you seven times for your sins.
- Leviticus 26:39 — And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies’ lands; and also (וְאַ֛ף) in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them.
- Leviticus 26:40 — If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also (וְאַ֕ף) they have walked contrary unto me;
- Leviticus 26:41 — And that I also (אַף) have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity:
- Leviticus 26:42 — Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also (וְאַף֩) my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land.
- Leviticus 26:42 — Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also (וְאַ֨ף) my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land.
- Leviticus 26:44 — And yet (וְאַף) for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them: for I am the LORD their God.
- Numbers 16:14 — Moreover (אַ֡ף) thou hast not brought us into a land that floweth with milk and honey, or given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? we will not come up.
- Deuteronomy 2:11 — Which also (אַף) were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the Moabites call them Emims.
- Deuteronomy 2:20 — (That also (אַף) was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt therein in old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims;
- Deuteronomy 15:17 — Then thou shalt take an aul, and thrust it through his ear unto the door, and he shall be thy servant for ever. And also (וְאַ֥ף) unto thy maidservant thou shalt do likewise.
- Deuteronomy 31:27 — For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against the LORD; and how much more (וְאַ֖ף) after my death?
- Deuteronomy 33:3 — Yea (אַ֚ף), he loved the people; all his saints are in thy hand: and they sat down at thy feet; every one shall receive of thy words.
- Deuteronomy 33:20 — And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the arm with (אַף) the crown of the head.
- Deuteronomy 33:28 — Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob shall be upon a land of corn and wine; also (אַף) his heavens shall drop down dew.
- Judges 5:29 — Her wise ladies answered her, yea (אַף), she returned answer to herself,
- 1 Samuel 2:7 — The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and (אַף) lifteth up.
- 1 Samuel 14:30 — How much more (אַ֗ף), if haply the people had eaten freely to day of the spoil of their enemies which they found? for had there not been now a much greater slaughter among the Philistines?
- 1 Samuel 21:5 — And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the vessels of the young men are holy, and the bread is in a manner common, yea (וְאַ֕ף), though it were sanctified this day in the vessel.
- 1 Samuel 23:3 — And David’s men said unto him, Behold, we be afraid here in Judah: how much (וְאַף֙) more then if we come to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?
- 2 Samuel 4:11 — How much more (אַ֞ף), when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?
- 2 Samuel 16:11 — And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, which came forth of my bowels, seeketh my life: how much more (וְאַ֨ף) now may this Benjamite do it? let him alone, and let him curse; for the LORD hath bidden him.
- 2 Samuel 20:14 — And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to Beth-maachah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also (אַף) after him.
- 1 Kings 8:27 — But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less (אַ֕ף) this house that I have builded?
- 2 Kings 2:14 — And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where is the LORD God of Elijah? and when he also (אַף) had smitten the waters, they parted hither and thither: and Elisha went over.
- 2 Kings 5:13 — And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather (וְאַ֛ף) then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?
- 1 Chronicles 8:32 — And Mikloth begat Shimeah. And these also (וְאַף) dwelt with their brethren in Jerusalem, over against them.
- 1 Chronicles 9:38 — And Mikloth begat Shimeam. And they also (וְאַף) dwelt with their brethren at Jerusalem, over against their brethren.
- 1 Chronicles 16:30 — Fear before him, all the earth: the world also (אַף) shall be stable, that it be not moved.
- 2 Chronicles 6:18 — But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less (אַ֕ף) this house which I have built!
- 2 Chronicles 12:5 — Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Ye have forsaken me, and therefore have I also (וְאַף) left you in the hand of Shishak.
- 2 Chronicles 32:15 — Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you on this manner, neither yet believe him: for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of mine hand, and out of the hand of my fathers: how much less (אַ֚ף) shall your God deliver you out of mine hand?
- Nehemiah 2:18 — Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as also (וְאַף) the king’s words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for this good work.
- Nehemiah 9:18 — Yea (אַ֗ף), when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This is thy God that brought thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought great provocations;
- Nehemiah 13:15 — In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also (וְאַף) wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath day: and I testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals.
- Esther 5:12 — Haman said moreover (אַ֣ף), Yea, Esther the queen did let no man come in with the king unto the banquet that she had prepared but myself; and to morrow am I invited unto her also with the king.
- Job 4:19 — How much less (אַ֤ף) in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?
- Job 6:27 — Yea (אַף), ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend.
- Job 9:14 — How much less (אַ֭ף) shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason with him?
- Job 14:3 — And (אַף) dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?
- Job 15:4 — Yea (אַף), thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.
- Job 15:16 — How much more (אַ֭ף) abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?
- Job 19:4 — And (וְאַף) be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself.