זָעַף
zâʻaph · zaw-af'
properly, to boil up, i.e. (figuratively) to be peevish or angry
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
properly, to boil up, i.e. (figuratively) to be peevish or angry
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: fret, sad, worse liking, be wroth.
Letters
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to cut, to sustain › to see and know › to speak, the word
To cut, to sustain that works to see and know that works to speak, the word.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of זָעַף above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
5 occurrences · 5 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- upon them, and, behold, they were sad1 · 20%
- was wroth1 · 20%
- and while he was wroth1 · 20%
- fretteth1 · 20%
- worse liking1 · 20%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.