זָעַףzâʻaph
be out of humour, vexed; be enraged
Pronunciation: zaw-af' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2196
Meanings
Qal
1. be out of humour, dejected (Genesis 40:6; Daniel 1:10; Proverbs 19:3)
2. be enraged (2 Chronicles 26:19)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 5 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 40:6 When Joseph saw them the next morning, he noticed that they both looked upset.
- 2 Chronicles 26:19 Uzziah, who was holding an incense burner, became furious. But as he was standing there raging at the priests before the incense altar in the Lord’s Temple, leprosy suddenly broke out on his forehead.
- Proverbs 19:3 People ruin their lives by their own foolishness and then are angry at the Lord.
- Daniel 1:10 But he responded, “I am afraid of my lord the king, who has ordered that you eat this food and wine. If you become pale and thin compared to the other youths your age, I am afraid the king will have me beheaded.”
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).