Strong’s H638 · Hebrew

אַף
ʼaph
af

Definition

{meaning accession (used as an adverb or conjunction); also or yea; adversatively though}

Etymology

(Aramaic) corresponding to H637 (אַף)

Where the KJV renders it

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What the first audience heard

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