Lexical Definition

‎אַף‎ ʼaph (af) face: anger ^H:N-M
from ‎אָנַף‎

anger(-gry), [phrase] before, countenance, face, [phrase] forebearing, forehead, [phrase] (long-) suffering, nose, nostril, snout, [idiom] worthy, wrath.

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

1) nostril, nose, face
2) anger

See Greek: ἐκδίκησις · ἔχθρα · θυμός · μυκτηρίζω · νῦν · ὀργή · ὀργίζω · ὀργίλος · πλήν · πρόσωπον · τίς

Extended Information

meaning of: אַף

• : nose

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎אַף‎₂₇₇ noun masculine^{Gen 30:2} nostril, nose, face, anger (Assyrian appu, face Flood^{iii. 27, 29} compare Hpt KAT^{2 Gloss}, Arabic , Ethiopic nose; Aramaic , ‎אֲנְפִּין‎ face) — absolute Ps 78:21 +; construct Gen 27:45 +; suffix ‎אַפּי‎ Exod 22:23* +, etc.; du ‎אַפַּיִם‎ Prov 14:17 +; ‎אַפָּיו‎ Gen 2:7 + etc.; — In Hexateuch J E (Josh 7:1 P? Josh 23:16 D?).

1. nostril, as organ of breathing Gen 2:7; Gen 7:22; Job 27:3 compare Num 11:20; 2Sam 22:9 = Ps 18:9* compare Isa 65:5; Isa 2:22; Lam 4:20; Ezek 38:18 (strike out Co) Amos 4:10 ‎רוּחַ אַפֶּיךָ‎ (of ‎׳‎‎י‎) i.e. wind Exod 15:8 compare ‎נִשְׁמַת רוּחַ אַפּוֺ‎ 2Sam 22:16 = Ps 18:16* (see also below 3); nose singular Song 7:5*; Song 7:9*; Ezek 8:17; Ezek 23:25; Prov 30:33 (where play upon different meaning of ‎אַף‎ & ‎אַפַּיִם‎):
(a) as organ of smelling Deut 33:10; Ps 115:6 (b) as place of ring for ornament Gen 24:47; Isa 3:21; Ezek 16:12
(c) as place of ring or hook for captive 2Kgs 19:28 = Isa 37:29 for beasts, e.g. swine Prov 11:22 hippopotamus Job 40:24 crocodile v.Job 40:26*.

2. Du face (especially in phrase ‎אַפַּיִם אַרְצָה‎) Gen 19:1; Gen 42:6; Gen 48:12; Num 22:31; 1Sam 20:41; 1Sam 24:9*; 1Sam 25:41; 1Sam 28:14; 1Sam 2:4; 1Sam 2:33; 1Sam 18:28; 1Sam 24:20*; 1Sam 1:23; 1Sam 1:31; 1Sam 1:21; 1Sam 2:3; 1Sam 20:18; also Gen 3:19 ‎גֹּבַהּ אַפּוֺ‎ pride of his countenance Ps 10:4 ‎לְאַפֵּי‎ before, local sense (compare ‎לִפְנֵי‎) 1Sam 25:23 ‎אַפָּ֑יִם‎ 1Sam 1:5 read ‎אֶפֶס‎ ᵐ5 We Dr (q. v.)

3. mostly anger, human Gen 27:45; Gen 49:6; Gen 49:7 + (45 t.); oftener divine Exod 32:12; Deut 9:19; 2Kgs 24:20 + (177 t.); often subject ‎חָרָה‎ (‎וַיִּ֫חַר‎ etc.) his anger was kindled Gen 30:2; Gen 39:19; Exod 4:14; Exod 22:23*; Exod 32:10; Exod 32:11 +; in various combinations, especially ‎חֲרוֺן אַף‎ fierceness of anger Exod 32:12; Num 25:4; Num 32:14 +; compare ‎חֳרִיאָֿף‎ 1Sam 20:34 ‎בַּעַלאַֿף‎ Prov 22:24 one given to anger, etc.; ‎אֶרֶךְ אַפַּיִם‎ slow to anger Exod 34:6; Num 14:18; Neh 9:17 + 7 t. of God; Prov 14:29; Prov 15:18; Prov 16:32; Prov 25:15 of man.

I. ‎אַף‎ see below ‎אנף‎.

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