Biblical Hebrew H639 noun masculine 276 occurrences

אַף

Transliteration: ap (ʾap̄)

Pronunciation: /ahf/

“anger, wrath, nostril, face”

Nostril, nose; flaring of nostrils in anger; divine wrath aroused by sin and injustice, yet restrained by patience ('erek appayim').

Lexical & Etymological Analysis

From אָנַף (H599) to breathe hard, be angry.

angerwrathnostrilsface

Cross-Testament Bridge

How this lemma bridges Old Testament Hebrew and New Testament Koine Greek through the Septuagint (LXX) translation tradition.

LXX conceptual translation: אַף (anger, wrath, nostril, face) -> ὀργή (impulse, propensity, disposition)

LXX conceptual translation: אַף (anger, wrath, nostril, face) -> θυμός (passion, hot anger, wrath)

Direct Cross-Language Equivalents:

G3709 ὀργή (orge — “impulse, propensity, disposition”) G2372 θυμός (thymos — “passion, hot anger, wrath”)

Foundational passages where אַף (ap) carries significant theological or narrative weight.