אָפַף ʼâphaph — to surround

pronounced aw-faf' · Strong's H661 · 5 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible · 1 stem: Qal (Pa'al)

Translated in the KJV as compass.

a primitive root; to surround.

ʼâphaph in each stem

Qal (Pa'al) 5×

Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it

Perfect (qatal) 5

אֲפָפֻ֖נִי 2Sam 22:5 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person common plural

When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid; (KJV)

אֲפָפ֥וּנִי Ps 18:5 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person common plural

The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me. (KJV)

אָפְפ֥וּ Ps 40:13 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person common plural

Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me: O Lord, make haste to help me. (KJV)

What the stems mean

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Morphology from OpenScriptures MorphHB (CC BY 4.0); definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); text from the Westminster Leningrad Codex.

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