אַף ʼaph

Hebrew · Strong's H639 · pronounced af · used 276 times in 269 verses

Meaning

properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire

In the King James Version: anger(-gry), [phrase] before, countenance, face, [phrase] forebearing, forehead, [phrase] (long-) suffering, nose, nostril, snout, [idiom] worthy, wrath.

Derivation: from H599 (אָנַף);

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Where it is used

Job 41:2 Can you put a cord through his nose or pierce his jaw with a hook?
Job 42:7 After the LORD had spoken these words to Job, He said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is kindled against you and your two friends. For you have not spoken about Me accurately, as My servant Job has.
Psalms 2:5 Then He rebukes them in His anger, and terrifies them in His fury:
Psalms 2:12 Kiss the Son, lest He be angry and you perish in your rebellion, when His wrath ignites in an instant. Blessed are all who take refuge in Him.
Psalms 6:1 For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments, according to Sheminith. A Psalm of David. O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.
Psalms 7:6 Arise, O LORD, in Your anger; rise up against the fury of my enemies. Awake, my God, and ordain judgment.
Psalms 10:4 In his pride the wicked man does not seek Him; in all his schemes there is no God.
Psalms 18:8 Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; glowing coals blazed forth.
Psalms 18:15 The channels of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the world were exposed, at Your rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.
Psalms 21:9 You will place them in a fiery furnace at the time of Your appearing. In His wrath the LORD will engulf them, and the fire will consume them.
Psalms 27:9 Hide not Your face from me, nor turn away Your servant in anger. You have been my helper; do not leave me or forsake me, O God of my salvation.
Psalms 30:5 For His anger is fleeting, but His favor lasts a lifetime. Weeping may stay the night, but joy comes in the morning.
Psalms 37:8 Refrain from anger and abandon wrath; do not fret—it can only bring harm.
Psalms 55:3 at the voice of the enemy, at the pressure of the wicked. For they bring down disaster upon me and resent me in their anger.
Psalms 56:7 In spite of such sin, will they escape? In Your anger, O God, cast down the nations.
Psalms 69:24 Pour out Your wrath upon them, and let Your burning anger overtake them.
Psalms 74:1 A Maskil of Asaph. Why have You rejected us forever, O God? Why does Your anger smolder against the sheep of Your pasture?
Psalms 76:7 You alone are to be feared. When You are angry, who can stand before You?
Psalms 77:9 Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has His anger shut off His compassion?” Selah
Psalms 78:21 Therefore the LORD heard and was filled with wrath; so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and His anger flared against Israel,
Psalms 78:31 God’s anger flared against them, and He put to death their strongest and subdued the young men of Israel.
Psalms 78:38 And yet He was compassionate; He forgave their iniquity and did not destroy them. He often restrained His anger and did not unleash His full wrath.
Psalms 78:49 He unleashed His fury against them, wrath, indignation, and calamity—a band of destroying angels.
Psalms 78:50 He cleared a path for His anger; He did not spare them from death but delivered their lives to the plague.
Psalms 85:3 You withheld all Your fury; You turned from Your burning anger.
Psalms 85:5 Will You be angry with us forever? Will You draw out Your anger to all generations?
Psalms 86:15 But You, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness.
Psalms 90:7 For we are consumed by Your anger and terrified by Your wrath.
Psalms 90:11 Who knows the power of Your anger? Your wrath matches the fear You are due.
Psalms 95:11 So I swore on oath in My anger, “They shall never enter My rest.”
Psalms 103:8 The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion.
Psalms 106:40 So the anger of the LORD burned against His people, and He abhorred His own inheritance.
Psalms 110:5 The Lord is at Your right hand; He will crush kings in the day of His wrath.
Psalms 115:6 they have ears, but cannot hear; they have noses, but cannot smell;
Psalms 124:3 when their anger flared against us, then they would have swallowed us alive,
Psalms 138:7 If I walk in the midst of trouble, You preserve me from the anger of my foes; You extend Your hand, and Your right hand saves me.
Psalms 145:8 The LORD is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion.
Proverbs 11:22 Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.
Proverbs 14:17 A quick-tempered man acts foolishly, and a devious man is hated.
Proverbs 14:29 A patient man has great understanding, but a quick-tempered man promotes folly.
Proverbs 15:1 A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
Proverbs 15:18 A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger calms dispute.
Proverbs 16:32 He who is slow to anger is better than a warrior, and he who controls his temper is greater than one who captures a city.
Proverbs 19:11 A man’s insight gives him patience, and his virtue is to overlook an offense.
Proverbs 21:14 A gift in secret soothes anger, and a covert bribe pacifies great wrath.
Proverbs 22:24 Do not make friends with an angry man, and do not associate with a hot-tempered man,
Proverbs 24:18 or the LORD will see and disapprove, and turn His wrath away from him.
Proverbs 25:15 Through patience a ruler can be persuaded, and a gentle tongue can break a bone.
Proverbs 27:4 Wrath is cruel and anger is like a flood, but who can withstand jealousy?
Proverbs 29:8 Mockers inflame a city, but the wise turn away anger.
Proverbs 29:22 An angry man stirs up dissension, and a hot-tempered man abounds in transgression.
Proverbs 30:33 For as the churning of milk yields butter, and the twisting of the nose draws blood, so the stirring of anger brings forth strife.”
Song of Solomon 7:4 Your neck is like a tower made of ivory; your eyes are like the pools of Heshbon by the gate of Bath-rabbim; your nose is like the tower of Lebanon, facing toward Damascus.
Song of Solomon 7:8 I said, “I will climb the palm tree; I will take hold of its fruit.” May your breasts be like clusters of the vine, the fragrance of your breath like apples,
Isaiah 2:22 Put no more trust in man, who has only the breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he?
Isaiah 3:21 their signet rings and nose rings;
Isaiah 5:25 Therefore the anger of the LORD burns against His people; His hand is raised against them to strike them down. The mountains quake, and the corpses lie like refuse in the streets. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
Isaiah 7:4 and say to him: Calm down and be quiet. Do not be afraid or disheartened over these two smoldering stubs of firewood—over the fierce anger of Rezin and Aram and of the son of Remaliah.
Isaiah 9:12 Aram from the east and Philistia from the west have devoured Israel with open mouths. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
Isaiah 9:17 Therefore the Lord takes no pleasure in their young men; He has no compassion on their fatherless and widows. For every one of them is godless and wicked, and every mouth speaks folly. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.