fōm ( קצף , ḳeceph (Hosea 10:7 ); ἀφρός , aphrós (Luke 9:39 ), ἀφρίζω , aphrı́zō (Mark 9:18 , Mark 9:20 ), ἐπαφρίζω , epaphrı́zō (Jude 1:13 )): Ḳeceph from ḳācaph , "to break to pieces," or "to break forth into anger," "to be angry," occurs often in the sense of "wrath" or "anger" (e.g. Numbers 1:53; Psalm 38:1 , etc.), and in this passage has been rendered "twigs" or "chips," "As for Samaria, her king is cut off, as foam (the Revised Version, margin "twigs") upon the water" (Hosea 10:7 ). The other references are from the New Testament. In Jude, evil-doers or false teachers are compared to the "wild waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame." In Mark and Luke the references are to the boy with a dumb spirit who foamed at the mouth.
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