King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER H2196
Transliteration: zaaph
Phonetic Spelling: (zaw-af')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to be vexed, be enraged
Meaning: to boil up, to be peevish, angry
Word Summary
zaaph: to be vexed, be enraged
Original Word: זָעַףTransliteration: zaaph
Phonetic Spelling: (zaw-af')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to be vexed, be enraged
Meaning: to boil up, to be peevish, angry
Strong's Concordance
fret, sad, worse liking, be wroth A primitive root; properly, to boil up, i.e. (figuratively) to be peevish or angry -- fret, sad, worse liking, be wroth.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H2196. zaaph
[זַעַף] verb be out of humour, vexed; be enraged (Aramaic rage against, זְעַף to storm, זַעֲפָא storm; compare Samaritan blow, breathe) —
Qal Imperfect יִזְעַף Proverbs 19:3; וַיִּזְעַף2 Chronicles 26:19; Infinitive זַעְמּוֺ26:19; Participle plural זֹעֲפִים Genesis 40:6; Daniel 1:10; —
1 be out of humour Genesis 40:6 (E); dejected, of face Daniel 1:10; followed by עַל Proverbs 19:3 fret against (AV).
2 be enraged (late: compare Aramaic above) 2 Chronicles 26:19; followed by עִם 26:19.