Zaaph means “fret” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G2196 — zara in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H2196 זָעַף (za`aph) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. za`aph (zaw-af') v. 1. (properly) to boil up, i.e. (figuratively) to be peevish or angry [a primitive root] It has 4 linked Bible usages across 4 books. Visible English usage signals include looked, wroth, and worse. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
za`aph (zaw-af') v. 1. (properly) to boil up, i.e. (figuratively) to be peevish or angry [a primitive root] KJV: fret, sad, worse liking, be wroth.
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to enrage
Usage: 1) to fret, be sad, be wroth, be vexed, be enraged, be out of humour 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be out of humour 1a2) to be enraged, be angry 2) (Qal) 2a) to appear perplexed, appear troubled 2b) to be sad-looking
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render za`aph, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
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4 indexed usages in Old Testament.
And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them, and, behold, they were sad.
Then Uzziah was wroth, and had a censer in his hand to burn incense: and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy even rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of the LORD, from beside the incense altar.
The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.
First 4 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H2196.
And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them, and, behold, they were sad.
Then Uzziah was wroth, and had a censer in his hand to burn incense: and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy even rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of the LORD, from beside the incense altar.
The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.
And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who hath appointed your meat and your drink: for why should he see your faces worse liking than the children which are of your sort? then shall ye make me endanger my head to the king.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H2196, grouped by book.
Zaaph (Strong's H2196) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "fret". za`aph (zaw-af') v. 1. (properly) to boil up, i.e. (figuratively) to be peevish or angry [a primitive root]
This page currently indexes 4 linked usages for Strong's H2196 across 4 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H2196 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as looked, wroth, and worse. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.