Strong’s H599 · Hebrew

אָנַף
ʼânaph
aw-naf'

Definition

to breathe hard, i.e. be enraged

Etymology

a primitive root;

Where the KJV renders it

  • be angry (displeased)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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