Strong’s H637 · Hebrew
אַף
ʼaph
af
Definition
meaning accession (used as an adverb or conjunction); also or yea; adversatively though
Etymology
a primitive particle;
Where the KJV renders it
- also
- although
- and (furthermore
- yet)
- but
- even
- how much less (more
- rather than)
- moreover
- with
- yea
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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