זָעַף
za.aph
“to enrage”
Definition
properly, to boil up, i.e. (figuratively) to be peevish or angry
a primitive root;
- to fret, be sad, be wroth, be vexed, be enraged, be out of humour 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be out of humour 1a2) to be enraged, be angry 2) (Qal) 2a) to appear perplexed, appear troubled 2b) to be sad-looking
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Grammar & Morphology
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Hebrew Verb
Occurrences
זָעַף appears 4 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Uzziah, with a censer in his hand to offer incense, was enraged. But while he raged against the priests in their presence in the house of the LORD before the altar of incense, leprosy broke out on his forehead.
but he said to Daniel, “I fear my lord the king, who has assigned your food and drink. For why should he see your faces looking thinner than those of the other young men your age? You would endanger my head before the king!”
When Joseph came to them in the morning, he saw that they were distraught.
A man’s own folly subverts his way,yet his heart rages against the LORD.
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