Definition
masculine noun
properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
- nostril, nose, face
- anger
The word first means the nostrils; their heated breathing pictures anger, hence its most frequent sense. “Longsuffering” renders literally “long of nostrils” (Exod 34:6).
Usually translated as
anger, wrath, face, nose, angry, longsuffering, before, countenance, forehead, snout, worthy, forebearing, suffering, nostril
Occurrences
ʼaph occurs 276 times in 269 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (13), Exodus (10), Numbers (15), Deuteronomy (13), Joshua (3), Judges (7), 1 Samuel (11), 2 Samuel (9), 1 Kings (2), 2 Kings (4), 1 Chronicles (2), 2 Chronicles (9), Ezra (2), Nehemiah (2), Job (20), Psalms (35), Proverbs (15), Song of Songs (2), Isaiah (25), Jeremiah (24), Lamentations (10), Ezekiel (15), Daniel (2), Hosea (4), Joel (1), Amos (2), Jonah (2), Micah (2), Nahum (2), Habakkuk (2), Zephaniah (3), Zechariah (1)
- Genesis 2:7 — And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils (בְּאַפָּ֖יו) the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
- Genesis 3:19 — In the sweat of thy face (אַפֶּ֙יךָ֙) 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 return.
- Genesis 7:22 — All in whose nostrils (בְּאַפָּ֗יו) was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.
- Genesis 19:1 — And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face (אַפַּ֖יִם) toward the ground;
- Genesis 24:47 — And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she said, The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor’s son, whom Milcah bare unto him: and I put the earring upon her face (אַפָּ֔הּ), and the bracelets upon her hands.
- Genesis 27:45 — Until thy brother’s anger (אַף) turn away from thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him: then I will send, and fetch thee from thence: why should I be deprived also of you both in one day?
- Genesis 30:2 — And Jacob’s anger (אַ֥ף) was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God’s stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?
- Genesis 39:19 — And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spake unto him, saying, After this manner did thy servant to me; that his wrath (אַפּֽוֹ) was kindled.
- Genesis 42:6 — And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph’s brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces (אַפַּ֖יִם) to the earth.
- Genesis 44:18 — Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord’s ears, and let not thine anger (אַפְּךָ֖) burn against thy servant: for thou art even as Pharaoh.
- Genesis 48:12 — And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face (לְאַפָּ֖יו) to the earth.
- Genesis 49:6 — O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger (בְאַפָּם֙) they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall.
- Genesis 49:7 — Cursed be their anger (אַפָּם֙), for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
- Exodus 4:14 — And the anger (אַ֨ף) of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and he said, Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart.
- Exodus 11:8 — And all these thy servants shall come down unto me, and bow down themselves unto me, saying, Get thee out, and all the people that follow thee: and after that I will go out. And he went out from Pharaoh in a great anger (אָֽף).
- Exodus 15:8 — And with the blast of thy nostrils (אַפֶּ֙יךָ֙) the waters were gathered together, the floods stood upright as an heap, and the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.
- Exodus 22:24 — And my wrath (אַפִּ֔י) shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
- Exodus 32:10 — Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath (אַפִּ֥י) may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.
- Exodus 32:11 — And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why doth thy wrath (אַפְּךָ֙) wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand?
- Exodus 32:12 — Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath (אַפֶּ֔ךָ), and repent of this evil against thy people.
- Exodus 32:19 — And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses’ anger (אַ֣ף) waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.
- Exodus 32:22 — And Aaron said, Let not the anger (אַ֖ף) of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they are set on mischief.
- Exodus 34:6 — And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering (אַפַּ֖יִם), and abundant in goodness and truth,
- Numbers 11:1 — And when the people complained, it displeased the LORD: and the LORD heard it; and his anger (אַפּ֔וֹ) was kindled; and the fire of the LORD burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp.
- Numbers 11:10 — Then Moses heard the people weep throughout their families, every man in the door of his tent: and the anger (אַ֤ף) of the LORD was kindled greatly; Moses also was displeased.
- Numbers 11:20 — But even a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils (מֵֽאַפְּכֶ֔ם), and it be loathsome unto you: because that ye have despised the LORD which is among you, and have wept before him, saying, Why came we forth out of Egypt?
- Numbers 11:33 — And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath (וְאַ֤ף) of the LORD was kindled against the people, and the LORD smote the people with a very great plague.
- Numbers 12:9 — And the anger (אַ֧ף) of the LORD was kindled against them; and he departed.
- Numbers 14:18 — The LORD is longsuffering (אַפַּ֙יִם֙), and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.
- Numbers 22:22 — And God’s anger (אַ֣ף) was kindled because he went: and the angel of the LORD stood in the way for an adversary against him. Now he was riding upon his ass, and his two servants were with him.
- Numbers 22:27 — And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she fell down under Balaam: and Balaam’s anger (אַ֣ף) was kindled, and he smote the ass with a staff.
- Numbers 22:31 — Then the LORD opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and he bowed down his head, and fell flat on his face (לְאַפָּֽיו).
- Numbers 24:10 — And Balak’s anger (אַ֤ף) was kindled against Balaam, and he smote his hands together: and Balak said unto Balaam, I called thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast altogether blessed them these three times.
- Numbers 25:3 — And Israel joined himself unto Baal-peor: and the anger (אַ֥ף) of the LORD was kindled against Israel.
- Numbers 25:4 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the LORD against the sun, that the fierce anger (אַף) of the LORD may be turned away from Israel.
- Numbers 32:10 — And the LORD’s anger (אַ֥ף) was kindled the same time, and he sware, saying,
- Numbers 32:13 — And the LORD’s anger (אַ֤ף) was kindled against Israel, and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, that had done evil in the sight of the LORD, was consumed.
- Numbers 32:14 — And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers’ stead, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger (אַף) of the LORD toward Israel.
- Deuteronomy 6:15 — (For the LORD thy God is a jealous God among you) lest the anger (אַף) of the LORD thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth.
- Deuteronomy 7:4 — For they will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger (אַף) of the LORD be kindled against you, and destroy thee suddenly.
- Deuteronomy 9:19 — For I was afraid of the anger (הָאַף֙) and hot displeasure, wherewith the LORD was wroth against you to destroy you. But the LORD hearkened unto me at that time also.
- Deuteronomy 11:17 — And then the LORD’s wrath (אַף) be kindled against you, and he shut up the heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and lest ye perish quickly from off the good land which the LORD giveth you.
- Deuteronomy 13:17 — And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand: that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of his anger (אַפּ֗וֹ), and shew thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers;
- Deuteronomy 29:20 — The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger (אַף) of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven.
- Deuteronomy 29:23 — And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger (בְּאַפּ֖וֹ), and in his wrath:
- Deuteronomy 29:24 — Even all nations shall say, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger (הָאַ֥ף)?
- Deuteronomy 29:27 — And the anger (אַ֥ף) of the LORD was kindled against this land, to bring upon it all the curses that are written in this book:
- Deuteronomy 29:28 — And the LORD rooted them out of their land in anger (בְּאַ֥ף), and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as it is this day.
- Deuteronomy 31:17 — Then my anger (אַפִּ֣י) shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us, because our God is not among us?
- Deuteronomy 32:22 — For a fire is kindled in mine anger (בְאַפִּ֔י), and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.