זָעַף
zāʿap
be out of humour
Strong's H2196VerbHebrewTWOT 569

זָעַף (zāʿap) is a Hebrew verb meaning be out of humour. It appears 5 times in 4 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H2196).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 569)

Range of meaning (TWOT 569)be out of humour, vexed, be enraged; boil up, be peevish, angry; fret, sad, worse liking, be wroth
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

זָעַף verb: be out of humour, vexed, be enraged

Strong's H2196 זָעַף: properly, to boil up, i.e. (figuratively) to be peevish or angry
KJV:fret, sad, worse liking, be wroth.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

See it in Scripture

Genesis 40:62 Chronicles 26:19Proverbs 19:3

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