אַף
ʼaph · af
{meaning accession (used as an adverb or conjunction); also or yea; adversatively though}
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) corresponding to H637 (אַף)
{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.
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
4 occurrences · 4 OT · 0 NT · 3 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- also2 · 50%
- and also1 · 25%
- in me; and also1 · 25%
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.