Rage
זַ֫עַףStrong’s H2197zaaph (za-aph)
Appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Zaaph is the Hebrew word usually translated “rage”, “rage of” and “from storming its”. It appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament.
“Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people the same time.”
Meaning
- Rage, raging, storming, indignation
How it's translated
- in a rage 2
- rage of 1
- with rage of 1
- from storming its 1
- indignation of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Chronicles 2
- Proverbs 1
- Isaiah 1
- Jonah 1
- Micah 1
5 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Chronicles 28:9But a prophet of the LORD was there, whose name was Oded: and he went out before the host that came to Samaria, and said unto them, Behold, because the LORD God of your fathers was wroth with Judah, he hath delivered them into your hand, and ye have slain them in a rage that reacheth up unto heaven.
- Proverbs 19:12The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.
- Isaiah 30:30And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and tempest, and hailstones.
- Jonah 1:15So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.
- Micah 7:9I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.
Hebrew dictionary
זַ֫עַף zaaph · rage
rage, raging, storming, indignation
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “rage” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
RAGE, noun
[Heb. to grind or gnash the teeth.]
- Violent anger accompanied with furious words, gestures or agitation; anger excited to fury.
- Vehemence or violent exacerbation of any thing painful; as the rage of pain; the rage of a fever; the rage of hunger or thirst.
- Fury; extreme violence; as the rage of a tempest.
- Enthusiasm; rapture.
All definitions and other forms of “rage”
- Extreme eagerness or passion directed to some object; as the rage for money.
RAGE, verb intransitive
- To be furious with anger; to be exasperated to fury; to be violently agitated with passion.
- To be violent and tumultuous.“Why do the heathen rage?” Psalms 2:1
- To be violently driven or agitated; as the raging sea or winds.
- To ravage; to prevail without restraint, or with fatal effect; as, the plague rages in Cairo.
- To be driven with impetuosity; to act or move furiously.
- To toy wantonly; to sport. [Not in use.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.