זַעַףzaʻaph

storming, raging, rage

Pronunciation: zah'-af · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2197

Meanings

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 6 times in the Bible.

  • 2 Chronicles 16:10 Asa became so angry with Hanani for saying this that he threw him into prison and put him in stocks. At that time Asa also began to oppress some of his people.
  • 2 Chronicles 28:9 But a prophet of the Lord named Oded was there in Samaria when the army of Israel returned home. He went out to meet them and said, “The Lord, the God of your ancestors, was angry with Judah and let you defeat them. But you have gone too far, killing them without mercy, and all heaven is disturbed.
  • Proverbs 19:12 The king’s anger is like a lion’s roar, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
  • Isaiah 30:30 And the Lord will make his majestic voice heard. He will display the strength of his mighty arm. It will descend with devouring flames, with cloudbursts, thunderstorms, and huge hailstones.
  • Jonah 1:15 Then the sailors picked Jonah up and threw him into the raging sea, and the storm stopped at once!
  • Micah 7:9 I will be patient as the Lord punishes me, for I have sinned against him. But after that, he will take up my case and give me justice for all I have suffered from my enemies. The Lord will bring me into the light, and I will see his righteousness.

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).