To surround
אָפַףStrong’s H0661aphaph (a-phaph)
Appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Aphaph is the Hebrew word usually translated “surrounded me”, “encompassed me” and “have surrounded”. It appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
“When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;”
Meaning
- To surround, encompass(Qal) to encompass
How it's translated
- they surrounded me 2
- they encompassed me 1
- they have surrounded 1
- they have encompassed me 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 3
- 2 Samuel 1
- Jonah 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Psalms 18:4The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
- Psalms 40:12For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.
- Psalms 116:3The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
- Jonah 2:5The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.
Hebrew dictionary
אָפַף aphaph · to surround
1) to surround, encompass 1a) (Qal) to encompass
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.