Strong H2196זָעַף

to enrage

Transliteration
zâ‛aph
Pronunciation
zaw-af'
Morphology
Hebrew Verb

Definition

A primitive root; properly to boil {up} that {is} (figuratively) to be peevish or angry: - {fret} {sad} worse {liking} be wroth.

Detailed definition

STEP sense: to enrage

Exact lexical definition: be out of humour

Part of speech: verb

BDB context: [ זָעַף ] vb . be out of humour , vexed ; be enraged

In the Bible

Strong H2196 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • fretteth1
  • liking1
  • sad1
  • wroth1

First verses

  1. Genesis 40:6
    And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them, and, behold, they were sad.
  2. 2 Chronicles 26:19
    Then 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.
  3. Proverbs 19:3
    The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the Lord.
  4. Daniel 1:10
    And 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.
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