זָעֵףzâʻêph

out of humour, vexed, only of Ahab (1 Kings 20:43; 1 Kings 21:4)

Pronunciation: zaw-afe' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2198

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 2 times in the Bible.

  • 1 Kings 20:43 So the king of Israel went home to Samaria angry and sullen.
  • 1 Kings 21:4 So Ahab went home angry and sullen because of Naboth’s answer. The king went to bed with his face to the wall and refused to eat!

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).