אַף (ʾap) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning nostril. It appears
276 times
in 32 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H639).
Also rendered
face
anger
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 133a)
Range of meaning (TWOT 133a)nostril, nose, face, anger; person, ire; angry, before, countenance, forebearing, forehead, suffering, snout, wrath
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
אַףnoun, masculine: nostril, nose, face, anger
1.nostril, as organ of breathing
2.face
3.mostly anger
Strong's H639אַף: properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire KJV:anger(-gry), before, countenance, face, forebearing, forehead, (long-) suffering, nose, nostril, snout, × worthy, wrath.
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.
Root family 133: אָנַףʾānap — be angry; breathe, be enraged