Zaaph זָעַף
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| זָעַף | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | zaaph |
| Strong's number | H2196 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to enrage |
| Occurrences | 5 in 4 verses |
| Most frequent in | Genesis (1) |
Zaaph (Hebrew זָעַף, Strong's H2196) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to enrage”. It occurs 5 times in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) to fret, be sad, be wroth, be vexed, be enraged, be out of humour
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to be out of humour
1a2) to be enraged, be angry
2) (Qal)
2a) to appear perplexed, appear troubled
2b) to be sad-looking
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to be out of humour
1a2) to be enraged, be angry
2) (Qal)
2a) to appear perplexed, appear troubled
2b) to be sad-looking
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | wroth (2), sad (1), fretteth (1), liking (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | they were distraught (1), was enraged (1), while he raged (1), rages (1), looking thinner (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Zaaph, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Genesis
- Genesis 40:6And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them, and, behold, they were sad.When Joseph came to them in the morning, he saw that they were distraught.
2 Chronicles
- 2 Chronicles 26:19Then Uzziah was wroth, and had a censer in his hand to burn incense: and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy even rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of the Lord, from beside the incense altar.Uzziah, with a censer in his hand to offer incense, was enraged. But while he raged against the priests in their presence in the house of the LORD before the altar of incense, leprosy broke out on his forehead.
Proverbs
- Proverbs 19:3The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the Lord.A man’s own folly subverts his way, yet his heart rages against the LORD.
Daniel
- Daniel 1:10And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who hath appointed your meat and your drink: for why should he see your faces worse liking than the children which are of your sort? then shall ye make me endanger my head to the king.but he said to Daniel, “I fear my lord the king, who has assigned your food and drink. For why should he see your faces looking thinner than those of the other young men your age? You would endanger my head before the king!”
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).