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Lexicon :: Strong's H3707 - kāʿas

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כָּעַס
Transliteration
kāʿas
Pronunciation
kaw-as'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1016

Strong’s Definitions

כַּעַס kaʻaç, kaw-as'; a primitive root; to trouble; by implication, to grieve, rage, be indignant:—be angry, be grieved, take indignation, provoke (to anger, unto wrath), have sorrow, vex, be wroth.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 54x

The KJV translates Strong's H3707 in the following manner: anger (43x), provoked (3x), angry (2x), grieved (1x), indignation (1x), sorrow (1x), vex (1x), wrath (1x), wroth (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 54x
The KJV translates Strong's H3707 in the following manner: anger (43x), provoked (3x), angry (2x), grieved (1x), indignation (1x), sorrow (1x), vex (1x), wrath (1x), wroth (1x).

  1. to be angry, be vexed, be indignant, be wroth, be grieved, provoke to anger and wrath

    1. (Qal)

      1. to be vexed, be indignant

      2. to be angry

    2. (Piel) to provoke to anger

    3. (Hiphil)

      1. to vex

      2. to vex, provoke to anger

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כַּעַס kaʻaç, kaw-as'; a primitive root; to trouble; by implication, to grieve, rage, be indignant:—be angry, be grieved, take indignation, provoke (to anger, unto wrath), have sorrow, vex, be wroth.
STRONGS H3707: Abbreviations
† כָּעַס verb be vexed, angry (Late Hebrew כָּעַס, Aramaic כְּעַם (not Syriac)); —
Qal Perfect כ׳ Psalm 112:10; Ecclesiastes 5:16; Imperfect וַיִּכְעַס Nehemiah 3:33 [Nehemiah 4:1]; 2 Chronicles 16:10; 1st person singular אֶכְעַס Ezekiel 16:42; Infinitive לִכְעוֺם Ecclesiastes 7:9. —
1. be vexed, indignant Psalm 112:10; Nehemiah 3:33 [Nehemiah 4:1]; Ecclesiastes 5:16.
2. be angry Ezekiel 16:42; Ecclesiastes 7:9, with אֶל person 2 Chronicles 16:10.
Piel. Perfect 3rd person feminine singular suffix כִּעֲסַתָּה 1 Samuel 1:6; 3rd person masculine plural suffix כִּעֲסוּנִי Deuteronomy 32:21 provoke to anger.
Hiph. Perfect הִכְעִיס Hosea 12:15 [Hosea 12:14]; 1 Kings 15:30; suffix הִכְעִיסוֺ 2 Kings 23:26 + 4 times Perfect; הַכְעִסֵו֯נִי Jeremiah 25:7; (scribal error for תַּכְעִיסוּני according to SS); Imperfect וַיַּכְעֵס 1 Kings 22:54 [1 Kings 22:53]; 2 Chronicles 28:25; 3rd person feminine singular suffix תַּכְעִיסֶנָּה 1 Samuel 1:7 + 6 times Imperfect; Infinitive construct הַכְעִיס 1 Kings 16:13 + 5 times; suffix הַכְעִ(י)סֵנִי Jeremiah 7:18 + 11 times, + 6 times suffixes; Participle plural מַכְעִיסִים Jeremiah 7:19 + 4 times —
1. vex, with accusative pers 1 Samuel 1:7; Ezekiel 32:9.
2. vex, provoke to anger, especially of provoking Yahweh by workship of other gods Judges 2:12; 1 Kings 14:9; 1 Kings 14:15; 1 Kings 16:33; 1 Kings 22:54; 2 Kings 17:11; 2 Kings 23:19; 2 Chronicles 28:25; Nehemiah 3:37; Jeremiah 7:18, 19; Jeremiah 11:17; Jeremiah 32:29, 32; Jeremiah 44:3; Ezekiel 8:17; Ezekiel 16:26; Isaiah 65:3; Hosea 12:15 [Hosea 12:14]; with בּ instrumental בְּתוֺעֵבֹת Deuteronomy 32:16; בְּהַבְלֵיהֶם Deuteronomy 32:21; 1 Kings 16:13, 26; בחטאתם 1 Kings 16:2; יד(יו) במעשׂ(י) Deuteronomy 31:29; 1 Kings 16:7; Jeremiah 25:6, 7; Jeremiah 32:30; Jeremiah 44:8; בכל מעשׂ(ה) ידיהם 2 Kings 22:17 2 Chronicles 34:25; בבמות Psalm 78:58; בפסיליהם Jeremiah 8:19; במעלליהם Psalm 106:29; compare the phrases להכעיס(וׅ עשׂה הרע(ה) בעיני י׳ do the evil in the eyes of Yahweh to provoke (him) to anger Deuteronomy 4:25; Deuteronomy 9:18; Deuteronomy 31:29; 1 Kings 16:7; 2 Kings 17:17; 2 Kings 21:6 2 Chronicles 33:6; so מכעסים 2 Kings 21:15; Jeremiah 32:30; אשׁר הכעיס כעס (יםׅ 1 Kings 15:30; 1 Kings 21:22; 2 Kings 23:26. — The phrase is characteristic of D Jeremiah and the compiler of Kings; see DrIntr 191; Deuteronomy 4:25 Holzeini. Hexateuch 287.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Deuteronomy

4:25; 4:25; 9:18; 31:29; 31:29; 32:16; 32:21; 32:21

Judges

2:12

1 Samuel

1:6; 1:7; 1:7

1 Kings

14:9; 14:15; 15:30; 15:30; 16:2; 16:7; 16:7; 16:13; 16:13; 16:26; 16:33; 21:22; 22:53

2 Kings

17:11; 17:17; 21:6; 21:15; 22:17; 23:19; 23:26; 23:26

2 Chronicles

16:10; 16:10; 28:25; 28:25; 33:6; 34:25

Nehemiah

4:1; 4:1

Psalms

78:58; 106:29; 112:10; 112:10

Ecclesiastes

5:16; 5:16; 7:9; 7:9

Isaiah

65:3

Jeremiah

7:18; 7:18; 7:19; 7:19; 8:19; 11:17; 25:6; 25:7; 25:7; 32:29; 32:30; 32:30; 32:32; 44:3; 44:8

Ezekiel

8:17; 16:26; 16:42; 16:42; 32:9

Hosea

12:14; 12:14

H3707

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Strong's Number H3707 matches the Hebrew כָּעַס (kāʿas),
which occurs 55 times in 53 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Deu 4:25–Eze 16:26)

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:25 - After you have produced children and grandchildren and have been in the land a long time, if you become corrupt and make an image of any kind and do other evil things before the LORD your God that enrage him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:18 - Then I again fell down before the LORD for forty days and nights; I ate and drank nothing because of all the sin you had committed, doing such evil before the LORD as to enrage him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:29 - For I know that after I die you will totally corrupt yourselves and turn away from the path I have commanded you to walk. Disaster will confront you in the days to come because you will act wickedly before the LORD, inciting him to anger because of your actions."

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:16 - They made him jealous with other gods, they enraged him with abhorrent idols.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:21 - They have made me jealous with false gods, enraging me with their worthless gods; so I will make them jealous with a people they do not recognize, with a nation slow to learn I will enrage them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:12 - They abandoned the LORD God of their ancestors who brought them out of the land of Egypt. They followed other gods - the gods of the nations who lived around them. They worshiped them and made the LORD angry.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:6 - Her rival wife used to upset her and make her worry, for the LORD had not enabled her to have children.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:7 - Peninnah would behave this way year after year. Whenever Hannah went up to the LORD's house, Peninnah would upset her so that she would weep and refuse to eat.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:9 - You have sinned more than all who came before you. You went and angered me by making other gods, formed out of metal; you have completely disregarded me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:15 - The LORD will attack Israel, making it like a reed that sways in the water. He will remove Israel from this good land he gave to their ancestors and scatter them beyond the Euphrates River, because they angered the LORD by making Asherah poles.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 15:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:30 - This happened because of the sins which Jeroboam committed and which he made Israel commit. These sins angered the LORD God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:2 - "I raised you up from the dust and made you ruler over my people Israel. Yet you followed in Jeroboam's footsteps and encouraged my people Israel to sin; their sins have made me angry.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:7 - The prophet Jehu son of Hanani received from the LORD the message predicting the downfall of Baasha and his family because of all the evil Baasha had done in the sight of the LORD. His actions angered the LORD (including the way he had destroyed Jeroboam's dynasty), so that his family ended up like Jeroboam's.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:13 - This happened because of all the sins which Baasha and his son Elah committed and which they made Israel commit. They angered the LORD God of Israel with their worthless idols.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:26 - He followed in the footsteps of Jeroboam son of Nebat and encouraged Israel to sin; they angered the LORD God of Israel with their worthless idols.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:33 - Ahab also made an Asherah pole; he did more to anger the LORD God of Israel than all the kings of Israel who were before him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:22 - I will make your dynasty like those of Jeroboam son of Nebat and Baasha son of Ahijah because you angered me and made Israel sin.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:53

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:53 - He worshiped and bowed down to Baal, angering the LORD God of Israel just as his father had done.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:11 - They burned incense on all the high places just like the nations whom the LORD had driven away from before them. Their evil practices made the LORD angry.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:17 - They passed their sons and daughters through the fire, and practiced divination and omen reading. They committed themselves to doing evil in the sight of the LORD and made him angry.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 21:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:6 - He passed his son through the fire and practiced divination and omen reading. He set up a ritual pit to conjure up underworld spirits, and appointed magicians to supervise it. He did a great amount of evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking him to anger.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 21:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:15 - because they have done evil in my sight and have angered me from the time their ancestors left Egypt right up to this very day!'"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 22:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:17 - This will happen because they have abandoned me and offered sacrifices to other gods, angering me with all the idols they have made. My anger will ignite against this place and will not be extinguished!'"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:19 - Josiah also removed all the shrines on the high places in the cities of Samaria. The kings of Israel had made them and angered the LORD. He did to them what he had done to the high place in Bethel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:26 - Yet the LORD's great anger against Judah did not subside; he was still infuriated by all the things Manasseh had done.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 16:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:10 - Asa was so angry at the prophet, he put him in jail. Asa also oppressed some of the people at that time.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 28:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:25 - In every city throughout Judah he set up high places to offer sacrifices to other gods. He angered the LORD God of his ancestors.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 33:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:6 - He passed his sons through the fire in the Valley of Ben-Hinnom and practiced divination, omen reading, and sorcery. He set up a ritual pit to conjure up underworld spirits and appointed magicians to supervise it. He did a great amount of evil in the sight of the LORD and angered him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 34:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:25 - This will happen because they have abandoned me and offered sacrifices to other gods, angering me with all the idols they have made. My anger will ignite against this place and will not be extinguished!'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:1 - (3:33) Now when Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall he became angry and was quite upset. He derided the Jews,

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:5 - Do not cover their iniquity, and do not wipe out their sin from before them. For they have bitterly offended the builders!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:58

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:58 - They made him angry with their pagan shrines, and made him jealous with their idols.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:29 - They made the LORD angry by their actions, and a plague broke out among them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 112:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 112:10 - When the wicked see this, they will worry; they will grind their teeth in frustration and melt away; the desire of the wicked will perish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:17 - Surely, he ate in darkness every day of his life, and he suffered greatly with sickness and anger.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:9 - Do not let yourself be quickly provoked, for anger resides in the lap of fools.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 65:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:3 - These people continually and blatantly offend me as they sacrifice in their sacred orchards and burn incense on brick altars.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:18 - Children are gathering firewood, fathers are building fires with it, and women are mixing dough to bake cakes to offer to the goddess they call the Queen of Heaven. They are also pouring out drink offerings to other gods. They seem to do all this just to trouble me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:19 - But I am not really the one being troubled!" says the LORD. "Rather they are bringing trouble on themselves to their own shame!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:19 - I hear my dear people crying out throughout the length and breadth of the land. They are crying, 'Is the LORD no longer in Zion? Is her divine King no longer there?'" The LORD answers, "Why then do they provoke me to anger with their images, with their worthless foreign idols?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:17 - For though I, the LORD who rules over all, planted you in the land, I now decree that disaster will come on you because the nations of Israel and Judah have done evil and have made me angry by offering sacrifices to the god Baal."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:6 - Do not pay allegiance to other gods and worship and serve them. Do not make me angry by the things that you do. Then I will not cause you any harm.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:7 - So, now the LORD says, 'You have not listened to me. But you have made me angry by the things that you have done. Thus you have brought harm on yourselves.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 32:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:29 - The Babylonian soldiers that are attacking this city will break into it and set it on fire. They will burn it down along with the houses where people have made me angry by offering sacrifices to the god Baal and by pouring out drink offerings to other gods on their rooftops.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 32:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:30 - This will happen because the people of Israel and Judah have repeatedly done what displeases me from their earliest history until now and because they have repeatedly made me angry by the things they have done. I, the LORD, affirm it!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 32:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:32 - I am determined to do so because the people of Israel and Judah have made me angry with all their wickedness - they, their kings, their officials, their priests, their prophets, and especially the people of Judah and the citizens of Jerusalem have done this wickedness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 44:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:3 - This happened because of the wickedness the people living there did. They made me angry by worshiping and offering sacrifice to other gods whom neither they nor you nor your ancestors previously knew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 44:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:8 - That is what will result from your making me angry by what you are doing. You are making me angry by sacrificing to other gods here in the land of Egypt where you live. You will be destroyed for doing that! You will become an example used in curses and an object of ridicule among all the nations of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:17 - He said to me, "Do you see, son of man? Is it a trivial thing that the house of Judah commits these abominations they are practicing here? For they have filled the land with violence and provoked me to anger still further. Look, they are putting the branch to their nose!

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:26 - You engaged in prostitution with the Egyptians, your sexually aroused neighbors, multiplying your promiscuity and provoking me to anger.

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