זָעַף

za.aphto enrageHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb5 occurrences4 books4 verses

Definition

a primitive root; properly, to boil up, i.e. (figuratively) to be peevish or angry
Traditional renderings: fret, sad, worse liking, be wroth.

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

5 total
  1. Genesis 40:6זֹעֲפִֽים׃ · that they were distraught
    When Joseph came to them in the morning, he saw that they were distraught.
  2. 2 Chronicles 26:19וַיִּזְעַף֙ · was enraged; וּבְזַעְפּ֣וֹ · But while he raged
    Uzziah, with a censer in his hand to offer incense, was enraged. But while he raged against the priests in their presence in the house of the LORD before the altar of incense, leprosy broke out on his forehead.
  3. Proverbs 19:3יִזְעַ֥ף · rages
    A man’s own folly subverts his way, yet his heart rages against the LORD.
  4. Daniel 1:10זֹֽעֲפִ֗ים · looking thinner
    …but he said to Daniel, “I fear my lord the king, who has assigned your food and drink. For why should he see your faces looking thinner than those of the other young men your age? You would endanger my head before the king!”