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Lexicon :: Strong's H3708 - kaʿas

Aa
כַּעַס
Transliteration
kaʿas
Pronunciation
kah'-as
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1016a

Strong’s Definitions

כַּעַס kaʻaç, kah'-as; or (in Job) כַּעַשׂ kaʻas; from H3707; vexation:—anger, angry, grief, indignation, provocation, provoking, × sore, sorrow, spite, wrath.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 25x

The KJV translates Strong's H3708 in the following manner: grief (7x), provocation (4x), wrath (4x), sorrow (3x), anger (2x), angry (1x), indignation (1x), provoking (1x), sore (1x), spite (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 25x
The KJV translates Strong's H3708 in the following manner: grief (7x), provocation (4x), wrath (4x), sorrow (3x), anger (2x), angry (1x), indignation (1x), provoking (1x), sore (1x), spite (1x).

  1. anger, vexation, provocation, grief

    1. vexation

      1. of men

      2. of God

    2. vexation, grief, frustration

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כַּעַס kaʻaç, kah'-as; or (in Job) כַּעַשׂ kaʻas; from H3707; vexation:—anger, angry, grief, indignation, provocation, provoking, × sore, sorrow, spite, wrath.
STRONGS H3708: Abbreviations
† כַּ֫עַס noun masculine vexation, anger; — כ׳ Deuteronomy 32:27 + 13 times; כָּ֑עַס Proverbs 21:19; Ecclesiastes 1:18; suffix כַּעְסִי 1 Samuel 1:16, כַּעַסְךָ Psalm 85:5, כַּעְסוֺ Proverbs 12:16; 1 Kings 15:30; plural כְּעָסִים 2 Kings 23:26. — vexation:
1. of men, especially caused by unmerited treatment, 1 Samuel 1:6, 16; Proverbs 12:16; Proverbs 17:25; Proverbs 21:19; Proverbs 27:3; Ecclesiastes 7:9.
2. vexation, anger of Yahweh (caused especially by worship of other gods) 1 Kings 15:30; 1 Kings 21:22; 2 Kings 23:26; עִמָּנוּ כ׳ Psalm 85:5 anger (of Yahweh) with us; בָּנָיו כ׳ Deuteronomy 32:19 anger against his sons, אוֺיֵב כ׳ Deuteronomy 32:27 anger against the enemy (both object genitive see Di; RV provocation of, compare Dr); קָרְבָּנָם כ׳ Ezekiel 20:28 provocation of their offering (so RV but Co strike out, rightly).
3. vexation, grief Psalm 6:8; Psalm 10:14; Psalm 31:10; Ecclesiastes 1:18; Ecclesiastes 2:23; Ecclesiastes 7:3; Ecclesiastes 11:10, also כעס Ecclesiastes 5:16 accusative Ew and others.

† כַּ֫עַשׂ noun masculine (dialectic variation of כַּעַם, only in Job); — כ׳ Job 17:7, כָּ֑עָשׂ Job 5:2; suffix כַּעְשִׂי Job 6:2; כַּעַשְׂךָ Job 10:17; —
1. vexation, grief of men Job 5:2 (compare Proverbs 12:16; Proverbs 27:3), Proverbs 6:2; Proverbs 17:7.
2. vexation, anger, of God; with כַּעַשְׂךָ עִמָּדִי Job 10:17 thine anger with me..
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Deuteronomy

32:19; 32:27; 32:27

1 Samuel

1:6; 1:16; 1:16

1 Kings

15:30; 15:30; 21:22

2 Kings

23:26; 23:26

Job

5:2; 5:2; 6:2; 10:17; 10:17; 17:7

Psalms

6:8; 10:14; 31:10; 85:5; 85:5

Proverbs

6:2; 12:16; 12:16; 12:16; 17:7; 17:25; 21:19; 21:19; 27:3; 27:3

Ecclesiastes

1:18; 1:18; 2:23; 5:16; 7:3; 7:9; 11:10

Ezekiel

20:28

H3708

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3708 matches the Hebrew כַּעַס (kaʿas),
which occurs 25 times in 25 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:19 - And the Lord saw with disgust the evil-doing of his sons and daughters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:27 - But for the fear that their haters, uplifted in their pride, might say, Our hand is strong, the Lord has not done all this.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:6 - And the other wife did everything possible to make her unhappy, because the Lord had not let her have children;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:16 - Do not take your servant to be a good-for-nothing woman: for my words have come from my stored-up sorrow and pain.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:30 - Because of the sins which Jeroboam did and made Israel do, moving the Lord, the God of Israel, to wrath.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:22 - And I will make your family like the family of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, and like the family of Baasha, the son of Ahijah, because you have made me angry, and have made Israel do evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:26 - But still the heat of the Lord's wrath was not turned back from Judah, because of all Manasseh had done in moving him to wrath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:2 - For wrath is the cause of death to the foolish, and he who has no wisdom comes to his end through passion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:2 - If only my passion might be measured, and put into the scales against my trouble!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:17 - That you would send new witnesses against me, increasing your wrath against me, and letting loose new armies on me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:7 - My eyes have become dark because of my pain, and all my body is wasted to a shade.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:7 - My eyes are wasting away with trouble; they are becoming old because of all those who are against me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:14 - You have seen it; for your eyes are on sorrow and grief, to take it into your hand: the poor man puts his faith in you; you have been the helper of the child who has no father.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:9 - Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am in trouble; my eyes are wasted with grief, I am wasted in soul and body.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 85:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 85:4 - Come back to us, O God of our salvation, and be angry with us no longer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:16 - A foolish man lets his trouble be openly seen, but a sharp man keeps shame secret.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:25 - A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitter pain to her who gave him birth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:19 - It is better to be living in a waste land, than with a bitter-tongued and angry woman.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:3 - A stone has great weight, and sand is crushing; but the wrath of the foolish is of greater weight than these.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:18 - Because in much wisdom is much grief, and increase of knowledge is increase of sorrow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:23 - All his days are sorrow, and his work is full of grief. Even in the night his heart has no rest. This again is to no purpose.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:3 - Sorrow is better than joy; when the face is sad the mind gets better.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:9 - Be not quick to let your spirit be angry; because wrath is in the heart of the foolish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:10 - So put away trouble from your heart, and sorrow from your flesh; because the early years and the best years are to no purpose.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:28 - For when I had taken them into the land which I made an oath to give to them, then they saw every high hill and every branching tree and made their offerings there, moving me to wrath by their offerings; and there the sweet smell of their offerings went up and their drink offerings were drained out.
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