Lexicon aph: a nostril, nose, face, anger Original Word: אַףPart of Speech: Noun Masculine Transliteration: aph Phonetic Spelling: (af) Short Definition: anger NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom anaphDefinitiona nostril, nose, face, anger NASB Translationanger (205), angry (2), angry* (5), before (2), breath (1), countenance (1), double (1), face (15), faces (4), forbearance* (1), ground (1), nose (10), noses (1), nostril (1), nostrils (13), quick-tempered* (1), snout (1), wrath (8), wrath with his anger (1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs I. אַף277 noun masculineGenesis 30:2 nostril, nose, face, anger (Assyrian appu, face Flood iii. 27, 29 compare Hpt KAT 2Gloss, Arabic  , Ethiopic  nose; Aramaic  , אֲנְמִּין face) — absolute Psalm 78:21 +; construct Genesis 27:45 +; suffix אַמּי Exodus 22:23 +, etc.; du אַמַּיִם Proverbs 14:17 +; אַמָּיו 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; רוּחַ אַמֶּיךָ (of ׳י) i.e. wind Exodus 15:8; compare נִשְׁמַת רוּחַ אַמּוֺ 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 & אַמַּיִם): (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. 2 Du face (especially in phrase אַמַּיִם אַרְצָה) 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; 2Chronicles 7:3; 20:18; Nehemiah 8:6 also Genesis 3:19; גֹּבַהּ אַמּוֺ pride of his countenance Psalm 10:4; לְאַמֵּי before, local sense (compare לִפְנֵי) 1 Samuel 25:23; אַמָּ֑יִם 1 Samuel 1:5 read אֶפֶס ᵐ5 We Dr (q. v.) 3 mostly anger, human Genesis 27:45; Genesis 49:6,7 + (45 t.); oftener divine Exodus 32:12; Deuteronomy 9:19; 2 Kings 24:20 + (177 t.); 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 חֳרִיאָֿף 1 Samuel 20:34; בַּעַלאַֿף Proverbs 22:24 one given to anger, etc.; אֶרֶךְ אַמַּיִם slow to anger Exodus 34:6; Numbers 14:18; Nehemiah 9:17 7t. of God; Proverbs 14:29; Proverbs 15:18; Proverbs 16:32; Proverbs 25:15 of man. I. אַף see below אנף. Strong's angry, before, countenance, face, forbearing, forehead, longsuffering, nose, From 'anaph; 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, X worthy, wrath. see HEBREW 'anaph |
