אַף ʼaph

Meaning

meaning accession (used as an adverb or conjunction); also or yea; adversatively though

In the King James Version: also, [phrase] although, and (furthermore, yet), but, even, [phrase] how much less (more, rather than), moreover, with, yea.

Derivation: a primitive particle;

Where it is used

• Job 40:8 Would you really annul My justice? Would you condemn Me to justify yourself?
• Psalms 16:6 The lines of my boundary have fallen in pleasant places; surely my inheritance is delightful.
• Psalms 16:7 I will bless the LORD who counsels me; even at night my conscience instructs me.
• Psalms 16:9 Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will dwell securely.
• Psalms 18:48 who delivers me from my enemies. You exalt me above my foes; You rescue me from violent men.
• Psalms 44:9 But You have rejected and humbled us; You no longer go forth with our armies.
• Psalms 58:2 No, in your hearts you devise injustice; with your hands you mete out violence on the earth.
• Psalms 65:13 The pastures are clothed with flocks, and the valleys are decked with grain. They shout in triumph; indeed, they sing.
• Psalms 68:8 the earth shook and the heavens poured down rain before God, the One on Sinai, before God, the God of Israel.
• Psalms 68:16 Why do you gaze in envy, O mountains of many peaks? This is the mountain God chose for His dwelling, where the LORD will surely dwell forever.
• Psalms 68:18 You have ascended on high; You have led captives away. You have received gifts from men, even from the rebellious, that the LORD God may dwell there.
• Psalms 74:16 The day is Yours, and also the night; You established the moon and the sun.
• Psalms 77:16 The waters saw You, O God; the waters saw You and swirled; even the depths were shaken.
• Psalms 77:17 The clouds poured down water; the skies resounded with thunder; Your arrows flashed back and forth.
• Psalms 89:5 The heavens praise Your wonders, O LORD—Your faithfulness as well—in the assembly of the holy ones.
• Psalms 89:11 The heavens are Yours, and also the earth. The earth and its fullness You founded.
• Psalms 89:21 My hand will sustain him; surely My arm will strengthen him.
• Psalms 89:27 I will indeed appoint him as My firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.
• Psalms 89:43 You have bent the edge of his sword and have not sustained him in battle.
• Psalms 93:1 The LORD reigns! He is robed in majesty; the LORD has clothed and armed Himself with strength. The world indeed is firmly established; it cannot be moved.
• Psalms 96:10 Declare among the nations: “The LORD reigns!” The world is firmly established; it cannot be moved; He will judge the peoples with equity.
• Psalms 108:1 A song. A Psalm of David. My heart is steadfast, O God; I will sing and make music with all my being.
• Psalms 119:3 They do no iniquity; they walk in His ways.
• Psalms 135:17 they have ears, but cannot hear; nor is there breath in their mouths.
• Proverbs 9:2 She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine; she has also set her table.
• Proverbs 11:31 If the righteous receive their due on earth, how much more the ungodly and the sinner!
• Proverbs 15:11 Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the LORD—how much more the hearts of men!
• Proverbs 17:7 Eloquent words are unfit for a fool; how much worse are lying lips to a ruler!
• Proverbs 19:7 All the brothers of a poor man hate him—how much more do his friends avoid him! He may pursue them with pleading, but they are nowhere to be found.
• Proverbs 19:10 Luxury is unseemly for a fool—how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!
• Proverbs 21:27 The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable—how much more so when brought with ill intent!
• Proverbs 22:19 So that your trust may be in the LORD, I instruct you today—yes, you.
• Proverbs 23:28 Like a robber she lies in wait and multiplies the faithless among men.
• Ecclesiastes 2:9 So I became great and surpassed all in Jerusalem who had preceded me; and my wisdom remained with me.
• Song of Solomon 1:16 How handsome you are, my beloved! Oh, how delightful! The soft grass is our bed.
• Isaiah 26:8 Yes, we wait for You, O LORD; we walk in the path of Your judgments. Your name and renown are the desire of our souls.
• Isaiah 26:9 My soul longs for You in the night; indeed, my spirit seeks You at dawn. For when Your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.
• Isaiah 26:11 O LORD, Your hand is upraised, but they do not see it. They will see Your zeal for Your people and be put to shame. The fire set for Your enemies will consume them!
• Isaiah 33:2 O LORD, be gracious to us! We wait for You. Be our strength every morning and our salvation in time of trouble.
• Isaiah 35:2 It will bloom profusely and rejoice with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon. They will see the glory of the LORD, the splendor of our God.
• Isaiah 40:24 No sooner are they planted, no sooner are they sown, no sooner have their stems taken root in the ground, than He blows on them and they wither, and a whirlwind sweeps them away like stubble.
• Isaiah 41:10 Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.
• Isaiah 41:23 Tell us the things that are to come, so that we may know that you are gods. Yes, do something good or evil, that we may look on together in dismay.
• Isaiah 41:26 Who has declared this from the beginning, so that we may know, and from times past, so that we may say: ‘He was right’? No one announced it, no one foretold it, no one heard your words.
• Isaiah 42:13 The LORD goes forth like a mighty one; He stirs up His zeal like a warrior. He shouts; yes, He roars in triumph over His enemies:
• Isaiah 43:7 everyone called by My name and created for My glory, whom I have indeed formed and made.”
• Isaiah 43:19 Behold, I am about to do something new; even now it is coming. Do you not see it? Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness and streams in the desert.
• Isaiah 44:15 It serves as fuel for man. He takes some of it to warm himself, and he kindles a fire and bakes his bread. He also fashions it into a god and worships it; he makes an idol and bows down to it.
• Isaiah 44:16 He burns half of it in the fire, and he roasts meat on that half. He eats the roast and is satisfied. Indeed, he warms himself and says, “Ah! I am warm; I see the fire.”
• Isaiah 44:19 And no one considers in his heart, no one has the knowledge or insight to say, “I burned half of it in the fire, and I baked bread on its coals; I roasted meat and I ate. Shall I make something detestable with the rest of it? Shall I bow down to a block of wood?”
• Isaiah 45:21 Speak up and present your case—yes, let them take counsel together. Who foretold this long ago? Who announced it from ancient times? Was it not I, the LORD? There is no other God but Me, a righteous God and Savior; there is none but Me.
• Isaiah 46:6 They pour out their bags of gold and weigh out silver on scales; they hire a goldsmith to fashion it into a god, so they can bow down and worship.
• Isaiah 46:7 They lift it to their shoulder and carry it along; they set it in its place, and there it stands, not budging from that spot. They cry out to it, but it does not answer; it saves no one from his troubles.
• Isaiah 46:11 I summon a bird of prey from the east, a man for My purpose from a far-off land. Truly I have spoken, and truly I will bring it to pass. I have planned it, and I will surely do it.
• Isaiah 48:12 Listen to Me, O Jacob, and Israel, whom I have called: I am He; I am the first, and I am the last.
• Isaiah 48:13 Surely My own hand founded the earth, and My right hand spread out the heavens; when I summon them, they stand up together.
• Isaiah 48:15 I, even I, have spoken; yes, I have called him. I have brought him, and he will succeed in his mission.
• Ezekiel 14:21 For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘How much worse will it be when I send against Jerusalem My four dire judgments—sword, famine, wild beasts, and plague—in order to cut off from it both man and beast?
• Ezekiel 15:5 Even when it was whole, it could not be made useful. How much less can it ever be useful when the fire has consumed it and charred it!
• Ezekiel 23:40 Furthermore, you sisters sent messengers for men who came from afar; and behold, when they arrived, you bathed for them, painted your eyes, and adorned yourself with jewelry.