Hebrew Study
Strong’s Concordance H639
A readable Hebrew dictionary entry from Strong’s Concordance. Definitions help with word study; the meaning in a verse still depends on context.
Word study
- Source
- Strong’s Concordance
- Transliteration
- 'aph
- Pronunciation
- af
- Occurrences
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- Strong’s number
- H639
- Brief meaning
- Properly, the nose or nostril, hence, the face, and occasionally a person
- Source renderings
- anger(-gry), + before, countenance, face, + forebearing, forehead, + (long-)suffering, nose, nostril, snout, worthy, wrath
- Root word
- from H599
- Full definition from the source
- Properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire. Root word: from H599.
- Digital-source-added cross-reference note
- H599
Source info
Source and edition
James Strong, Strong's Hebrew Bible Dictionary (1890); Bible Foundation text source; Michael Grier's 1996 ASCII e-text; CrossWire module 1.2.
View the 1890 print witnessView preserved source wording
00639\ 639 'aph af from 599; properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire:--anger(-gry), + before, countenance, face, + forebearing, forehead, + (long-)suffering, nose, nostril, snout, X worthy, wrath. see HEBREW for 0599