Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H2196: זָעַף

zâʻaph · pronounced zaw-af' · “to enrage”

Definition

properly, to boil up, i.e. (figuratively) to be peevish or angry

KJV translates it as: fret, sad, worse liking, be wroth.

Word origin: a primitive root;

Extended definition

1) 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

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H2196 is translated

  • looking dejected ×1
  • he was enraged ×1
  • he ×1
  • it rages ×1
  • looking thin ×1

Bible verses with H2196 (zâʻaph)

Zâʻaph appears in 4 verses.

  • Genesis 40:6

    And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them, and, behold, they were sad.

  • 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.

  • Proverbs 19:3

    The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the Lord.

  • 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.

Words derived from H2196