אַף
ʼaph · af
meaning accession (used as an adverb or conjunction); also or yea; adversatively though
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive particle;
meaning accession (used as an adverb or conjunction); also or yea; adversatively though
- meaning accession (used as an adverb or conjunction)
- also, or yea
- adversatively though
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: also, [phrase] although, and (furthermore, yet), but, even, [phrase] how much less (more, rather than), moreover, with, yea.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- 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)
strength, the leader › to speak, the word
Strength, the leader that works to speak, the word.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אַף 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
134 occurrences · 134 OT · 0 NT · 31 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- yea2 · 12%
- i also1 · 6%
- and i, even1 · 6%
- and yet1 · 6%
- moreover1 · 6%
- with1 · 6%
- and1 · 6%
- how much more1 · 6%
- thee; how much less1 · 6%
- it? how much rather then1 · 6%
- and these also1 · 6%
- me, and therefore have i also1 · 6%
- how much less1 · 6%
- although1 · 6%
- but1 · 6%
- and furthermore1 · 6%
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.