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Strong's H637 אַף (aph)

aph - meaning, definition, and linked Bible usage across the indexed canon, including Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where this Strong's number appears.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G637 — apoplyno (“wash”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H637
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 123
Books 22

Strong's H637 Quick Answer

Strong's H637 אַף (aph) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. aph (af) prt. 1. meaning accession (used as an adverb or conjunction) 2. (also) or yea It has 123 linked Bible usages across 22 books. Visible English usage signals include also, yea, and although. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
aph (af) prt. 1. meaning accession (used as an adverb or conjunction) 2. (also) or yea
Usage
123 linked usages
Books
22 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
also, yea, and although

Meaning and Definition

aph (af) prt. 1. meaning accession (used as an adverb or conjunction) 2. (also) or yea 3. adversatively though [a primitive particle] KJV: also, + although, and (furthermore, yet), but, even, + how much less (more, rather than), moreover, with, yea.

Original Word
אַף
Transliteration
aph
Morphology
prt.

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H637. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

also

Usage: conj (denoting addition, esp of something greater) 1) also, yea, though, so much the more adv 2) furthermore, indeed Aramaic equivalent: aph (אַף "also" H0638)

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How Strong's H637 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render 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.

also Genesis 18:23 56× Yea Deuteronomy 33:3 25× Although Job 35:14

How Strong's H637 Usage Compares

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.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 123 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H637 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H637 in the Old Testament

123 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 3:1 KJV

Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

Genesis 18:13 KJV

And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?

Genesis 18:23 KJV

And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?

Usage Excerpts

First 120 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H637.

Genesis 3:1 Old Testament, KJV
Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
Genesis 18:13 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?
Genesis 18:23 Old Testament, KJV
And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?
Genesis 18:24 Old Testament, KJV
Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?
Genesis 40:16 Old Testament, KJV
When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said unto Joseph, I also was in my dream, and, behold, I had three white baskets on my head:
Leviticus 26:16 Old Testament, KJV
I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.
Leviticus 26:24 Old Testament, KJV
Then will I also walk contrary unto you, and will punish you yet seven times for your sins.
Leviticus 26:28 Old Testament, KJV
Then I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins.
Leviticus 26:39 Old Testament, KJV
And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them.
Leviticus 26:40 Old Testament, KJV
If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me;
Leviticus 26:41 Old Testament, KJV
And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity:
Leviticus 26:42 Old Testament, KJV
Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land.
Leviticus 26:44 Old Testament, KJV
And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them: for I am the LORD their God.
Numbers 16:14 Old Testament, KJV
Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land that floweth with milk and honey, or given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? we will not come up.
Deuteronomy 2:11 Old Testament, KJV
Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the Moabites called them Emims.
Deuteronomy 2:20 Old Testament, KJV
(That also was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt therein in old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims;
Deuteronomy 15:17 Old Testament, KJV
Then thou shalt take an aul, and thrust it through his ear unto the door, and he shall be thy servant for ever. And also unto thy maidservant thou shalt do likewise.
Deuteronomy 31:27 Old Testament, KJV
For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against the LORD; and how much more after my death?
Deuteronomy 33:3 Old Testament, KJV
Yea, he loved the people; all his saints are in thy hand: and they sat down at thy feet; every one shall receive of thy words.
Deuteronomy 33:20 Old Testament, KJV
And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the head.
Deuteronomy 33:28 Old Testament, KJV
Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob shall be upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop down dew.
Judges 5:29 Old Testament, KJV
Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she returned answer to herself,
1 Samuel 2:7 Old Testament, KJV
The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.
1 Samuel 14:30 Old Testament, KJV
How much more, if haply the people had eaten freely to day of the spoil of their enemies which they found? for had there not been now a much greater slaughter among the Philistines?
1 Samuel 21:5 Old Testament, KJV
And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the vessels of the young men are holy, and the bread is in a manner common, yea, though it were sanctified this day in the vessel.
1 Samuel 23:3 Old Testament, KJV
And David's men said unto him, Behold, we be afraid here in Judah: how much more then if we come to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?
2 Samuel 4:11 Old Testament, KJV
How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?
2 Samuel 16:11 Old Testament, KJV
And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, which came forth of my bowels, seeketh my life: how much more now may this Benjamite do it? let him alone, and let him curse; for the LORD hath bidden him.
2 Samuel 20:14 Old Testament, KJV
And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to Bethmaachah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him.
1 Kings 8:27 Old Testament, KJV
But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?
2 Kings 2:14 Old Testament, KJV
And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where is the LORD God of Elijah? and when he also had smitten the waters, they parted hither and thither: and Elisha went over.
2 Kings 5:13 Old Testament, KJV
And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?
1 Chronicles 8:32 Old Testament, KJV
And Mikloth begat Shimeah. And these also dwelt with their brethren in Jerusalem, over against them.
1 Chronicles 9:38 Old Testament, KJV
And Mikloth begat Shimeam. And they also dwelt with their brethren at Jerusalem, over against their brethren.
1 Chronicles 16:30 Old Testament, KJV
Fear before him, all the earth: the world also shall be stable, that it be not moved.
2 Chronicles 6:18 Old Testament, KJV
But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built!
2 Chronicles 12:5 Old Testament, KJV
Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Ye have forsaken me, and therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.
2 Chronicles 32:15 Old Testament, KJV
Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you on this manner, neither yet believe him: for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of mine hand, and out of the hand of my fathers: how much less shall your God deliver you out of mine hand?
Nehemiah 2:18 Old Testament, KJV
Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as also the king's words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for this good work.
Nehemiah 9:18 Old Testament, KJV
Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This is thy God that brought thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought great provocations;
Nehemiah 13:15 Old Testament, KJV
In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath day: and I testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals.
Esther 5:12 Old Testament, KJV
Haman said moreover, Yea, Esther the queen did let no man come in with the king unto the banquet that she had prepared but myself; and to morrow am I invited unto her also with the king.
Job 4:19 Old Testament, KJV
How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?
Job 6:27 Old Testament, KJV
Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend.
Job 9:14 Old Testament, KJV
How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason with him?
Job 14:3 Old Testament, KJV
And doth thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?
Job 15:4 Old Testament, KJV
Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.
Job 15:16 Old Testament, KJV
How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?
Job 19:4 Old Testament, KJV
And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself.
Job 25:6 Old Testament, KJV
How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm?
Job 32:10 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore I said, Hearken to me; I also will shew mine opinion.
Job 32:17 Old Testament, KJV
I said, I will answer also my part, I also will shew mine opinion.
Job 34:12 Old Testament, KJV
Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.
Job 34:17 Old Testament, KJV
Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just?
Job 35:14 Old Testament, KJV
Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him.
Job 36:16 Old Testament, KJV
Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness.
Job 36:29 Old Testament, KJV
Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle?
Job 36:33 Old Testament, KJV
The noise thereof sheweth concerning it, the cattle also concerning the vapour.
Job 37:1 Old Testament, KJV
At this also my heart trembleth, and is moved out of his place.
Job 37:11 Old Testament, KJV
Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud:
Job 40:8 Old Testament, KJV
Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?
Psalms 16:6 Old Testament, KJV
The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.
Psalms 16:7 Old Testament, KJV
I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons.
Psalms 16:9 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.
Psalms 18:48 Old Testament, KJV
He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.
Psalms 44:9 Old Testament, KJV
But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies.
Psalms 58:2 Old Testament, KJV
Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.
Psalms 65:13 Old Testament, KJV
The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing.
Psalms 68:8 Old Testament, KJV
The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
Psalms 68:16 Old Testament, KJV
Why leap ye, ye high hills? this is the hill which God desireth to dwell in; yea, the LORD will dwell in it for ever.
Psalms 68:18 Old Testament, KJV
Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell among them.
Psalms 74:16 Old Testament, KJV
The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
Psalms 77:16 Old Testament, KJV
The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid: the depths also were troubled.
Psalms 77:17 Old Testament, KJV
The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: thine arrows also went abroad.
Psalms 89:5 Old Testament, KJV
And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.
Psalms 89:11 Old Testament, KJV
The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.
Psalms 89:21 Old Testament, KJV
With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him.
Psalms 89:27 Old Testament, KJV
Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.
Psalms 89:43 Old Testament, KJV
Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.
Psalms 93:1 Old Testament, KJV
The LORD reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the LORD is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved.
Psalms 96:10 Old Testament, KJV
Say among the heathen that the LORD reigneth: the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people righteously.
Psalms 108:1 Old Testament, KJV
O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even with my glory.
Psalms 119:3 Old Testament, KJV
They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways.
Psalms 135:17 Old Testament, KJV
They have ears, but they hear not; neither is there any breath in their mouths.
Proverbs 9:2 Old Testament, KJV
She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.
Proverbs 11:31 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.
Proverbs 15:11 Old Testament, KJV
Hell and destruction are before the LORD: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?
Proverbs 17:7 Old Testament, KJV
Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.
Proverbs 19:7 Old Testament, KJV
All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? he pursueth them with words, yet they are wanting to him.
Proverbs 19:10 Old Testament, KJV
Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
Proverbs 21:27 Old Testament, KJV
The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind?
Proverbs 22:19 Old Testament, KJV
That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.
Proverbs 23:28 Old Testament, KJV
She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.
Ecclesiastes 2:9 Old Testament, KJV
So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.
Song of Solomon 1:16 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green.
Isaiah 26:8 Old Testament, KJV
Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.
Isaiah 26:9 Old Testament, KJV
With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
Isaiah 26:11 Old Testament, KJV
LORD, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they shall see, and be ashamed for their envy at the people; yea, the fire of thine enemies shall devour them.
Isaiah 33:2 Old Testament, KJV
O LORD, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.
Isaiah 35:2 Old Testament, KJV
It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the LORD, and the excellency of our God.
Isaiah 40:24 Old Testament, KJV
Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.
Isaiah 41:10 Old Testament, KJV
Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
Isaiah 41:23 Old Testament, KJV
Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together.
Isaiah 41:26 Old Testament, KJV
Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime, that we may say, He is righteous? yea, there is none that sheweth, yea, there is none that declareth, yea, there is none that heareth your words.
Isaiah 42:13 Old Testament, KJV
The LORD shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies.
Isaiah 43:7 Old Testament, KJV
Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.
Isaiah 43:19 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.
Isaiah 44:15 Old Testament, KJV
Then shall it be for a man to burn: for he will take thereof, and warm himself; yea, he kindleth it, and baketh bread; yea, he maketh a god, and worshippeth it; he maketh it a graven image, and falleth down thereto.
Isaiah 44:16 Old Testament, KJV
He burneth part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eateth flesh; he roasteth roast, and is satisfied: yea, he warmeth himself, and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire:
Isaiah 44:19 Old Testament, KJV
And none considereth in his heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and eaten it: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree?
Isaiah 45:21 Old Testament, KJV
Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the LORD? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me.
Isaiah 46:6 Old Testament, KJV
They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, and hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they fall down, yea, they worship.
Isaiah 46:7 Old Testament, KJV
They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, one shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.
Isaiah 46:11 Old Testament, KJV
Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it.
Isaiah 48:12 Old Testament, KJV
Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.
Isaiah 48:13 Old Testament, KJV
Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together.
Isaiah 48:15 Old Testament, KJV
I, even I, have spoken; yea, I have called him: I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous.
Ezekiel 14:21 Old Testament, KJV
For thus saith the Lord GOD; How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast?
Ezekiel 15:5 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much less shall it be meet yet for any work, when the fire hath devoured it, and it is burned?
Ezekiel 23:40 Old Testament, KJV
And furthermore, that ye have sent for men to come from far, unto whom a messenger was sent; and, lo, they came: for whom thou didst wash thyself, paintedst thy eyes, and deckedst thyself with ornaments,

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H637, grouped by book.

Genesis 5 usages, Old Testament
Leviticus 8 usages, Old Testament
Numbers 1 usage, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 7 usages, Old Testament
Judges 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Samuel 4 usages, Old Testament
2 Samuel 3 usages, Old Testament
1 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Kings 2 usages, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 3 usages, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 3 usages, Old Testament
Nehemiah 3 usages, Old Testament
Esther 1 usage, Old Testament
Job 19 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 23 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 9 usages, Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 1 usage, Old Testament
Song of Solomon 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 22 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 3 usages, Old Testament
Amos 1 usage, Old Testament
Habakkuk 2 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H637 FAQ

What does aph (אַף) mean?

Strong's H637 is a Hebrew entry for H637 אַף (aph). aph (af) prt. 1. meaning accession (used as an adverb or conjunction) 2. (also) or yea

How many times is aph (אַף) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 123 linked usages for Strong's H637 across 22 books.

Where can I study aph (אַף) in context?

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What English words translate aph (אַף)?

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