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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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“When you [fn]become the father of children and children’s children and remain long in the land and act corruptly and make [fn]a graven image in the form of anything and do that which is evil in the sight of Yahweh your God so as to provoke H3707 Him to H3707 anger H3707,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:18 - “And I fell down before Yahweh, as at the first, forty days and nights; I neither ate bread nor drank water because of all your sin which you had committed in doing what was evil in the sight of Yahweh to provoke H3707 Him to H3707 anger H3707.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:29 - “For I know that after my death you will act corruptly and turn away from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the last days, for you will do that which is evil in the sight of Yahweh, provoking H3707 Him to H3707 anger H3707 with the work of your hands.”

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“They made Him jealous with strange gods;

With abominations they provoked H3707 Him to H3707 anger H3707.

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‘They have made Me jealous with what is not God;

They have provoked H3707 Me to H3707 anger H3707 with their [fn]idols.

So I will make them jealous with those who are not a people;

I will provoke H3707 them to H3707 anger H3707 with a wickedly foolish nation,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:12 - and they forsook Yahweh, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods from among the gods of the peoples who were around them and bowed themselves down to them; thus they provoked H3707 Yahweh to H3707 anger H3707.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:6 - Her rival, however, would provoke H3707 her bitterly to irritate her because Yahweh had closed her womb.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:7 - And so it would happen year after year, as often as she went up to the house of Yahweh, she would provoke H3707 her; so she wept and would not eat.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:9 - you also have done more evil than all who were before you, and have gone and made for yourself other gods and molten images to provoke H3707 Me to H3707 anger H3707, and have cast Me behind your back—

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“So Yahweh will strike Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water; and He will uproot Israel from this good land which He gave to their fathers, and will scatter them beyond the [fn]River, because they have made their [fn]Asherim, provoking H3707 Yahweh to H3707 anger H3707.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:30 - and because of the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and which he made Israel sin, because of his provocation with which he provoked H3707 Yahweh, the God of Israel, to H3707 anger H3707.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:2 - “Inasmuch as I exalted you from the dust and made you ruler over My people Israel, and you have walked in the way of Jeroboam and have made My people Israel sin, provoking H3707 Me to H3707 anger H3707 with their sins,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:7 - Moreover, the word of Yahweh through the hand of the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani also came about against Baasha and his household, both because of all the evil which he did in the sight of Yahweh, provoking H3707 Him to H3707 anger H3707 with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam, and because he struck [fn]it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:13 - for all the sins of Baasha and the sins of Elah his son, which they sinned and which they made Israel sin, provoking H3707 Yahweh, the God of Israel, to H3707 anger H3707 with their [fn]idols.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:26 - For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat and in his sins which he made Israel sin, provoking H3707 Yahweh, the God of Israel, to H3707 anger H3707 with their [fn]idols.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:33 - Ahab also made the [fn]Asherah. Thus Ahab did more to provoke H3707 Yahweh, the God of Israel, to H3707 anger H3707 than all the kings of Israel who were before him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:22 - and I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, because of the provocation with which you have provoked H3707 Me to H3707 anger H3707, and because you have made Israel sin.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:53 - So he served Baal and worshiped him and provoked H3707 Yahweh, the God of Israel, to H3707 anger H3707, according to all that his father had done.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:11 - and there they burned incense on all the high places as the nations did which Yahweh had taken away into exile before them; and they did evil things provoking H3707 Yahweh to anger H3707.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:17 - Then they made their sons and their daughters pass through the fire, and practiced divination and omens, and sold themselves to do what is evil in the sight of Yahweh, provoking H3707 Him to anger H3707.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:6 - He even made his son pass through the fire, practiced soothsaying and interpreted omens, and dealt with mediums and spiritists. He did much that was evil in the sight of Yahweh provoking H3707 Him to anger.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:15 - because they have done what is evil in My sight, and have been provoking H3707 Me to H3707 anger H3707 since the day their fathers came out of Egypt, even to this day.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:17 - “Because they have forsaken Me and have burned incense to other gods that they might provoke H3707 Me to H3707 anger H3707 with all the work of their hands, therefore My wrath is set aflame against this place, and it shall not be quenched.”’

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:19 - And also all the houses of the high places which were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made provoking H3707 [fn]Yahweh to H3707 anger H3707, Josiah removed; and he did to them [fn]just as he had done in Bethel.

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However, Yahweh did not turn from His great burning anger, His anger which burned against Judah, because of all the provocations with which Manasseh had provoked H3707 Him to anger H3707.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:10 - Then Asa was vexed H3707 with the seer and put him in [fn]prison, for he was enraged at him for this. And Asa oppressed some of the people at the same time.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:25 - Now in each and every city of Judah he made high places to offer offerings in smoke to other gods, and provoked H3707 Yahweh, the God of his fathers, to H3707 anger H3707.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:6 - He even made his sons pass through the fire in the valley of Ben-hinnom; and he practiced soothsaying, interpreted omens, practiced sorcery, and dealt with mediums and spiritists. He did much that was evil in the sight of Yahweh, provoking H3707 Him to anger.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:25 - “Because they have forsaken Me and have burned incense to other gods that they might provoke H3707 Me to H3707 anger H3707 with all the works of their hands, therefore My wrath will be poured out against this place, and it shall not be quenched.”’

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[fn]Now it happened that when Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he became angry and very vexed H3707 and mocked the Jews.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:5 - Do not [fn]forgive their iniquity and let not their sin be blotted out before You, for they have [fn]vexed H3707 the builders.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:58

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For they provoked H3707 Him with their high places

And aroused His jealousy with their graven images.

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Thus they provoked H3707 Him to H3707 anger H3707 with their actions,

And the plague broke out among them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 112:10

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Resh

The wicked will see it and be [fn]vexed H3707,

Shin

He will gnash his teeth and melt away;

Tav

The desire of the wicked will perish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:17 - Also, all his days he eats in darkness with much vexation, and his sickness and anger.

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Do not be [fn]eager in your spirit to be vexed H3707,

For vexation rests in the bosom of fools.

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A people who continually provoke H3707 Me to My face,

Offering sacrifices in gardens and burning incense on bricks,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:18 - “The [fn]children gather wood, and the fathers make the fire burn, and the women knead dough to make cakes for the queen of heaven; and they pour out drink offerings to other gods in order to provoke H3707 Me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:19 - “Do they provoke H3707 Me?” declares Yahweh. “Is it not themselves they provoke to the shame of their own face?”

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Behold, the sound! The cry of the daughter of my people from a distant land:

“Is Yahweh not in Zion? Is her King not within her?”

“Why have they provoked H3707 Me to anger H3707 with their graven images, with foreign [fn]idols?”

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Yahweh of hosts, who planted you, has spoken forth evil against you because of the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have [fn]done to provoke H3707 Me to anger H3707 by burning incense to Baal.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:6 - and do not walk after other gods to [fn]serve them and to [fn]worship them, and do not provoke H3707 Me to H3707 anger H3707 with the work of your hands, and I will bring no evil against you.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:7 - “Yet you have not listened to Me,” declares Yahweh, “in order that you might provoke H3707 Me to H3707 anger H3707 with the work of your hands to your own evil demise.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:29 - “And the Chaldeans who are fighting against this city will enter and set this city on fire and burn it, with the houses where people have burned incense to Baal on their roofs and poured out drink offerings to other gods to provoke H3707 Me to H3707 anger H3707.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:30 - “Indeed the sons of Israel and the sons of Judah have been doing only evil in My sight from their youth; for the sons of Israel have been only provoking H3707 Me to H3707 anger H3707 by the work of their hands,” declares Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:32 - because of all the evil of the sons of Israel and the sons of Judah which they have done to provoke H3707 Me to H3707 anger H3707—they, their kings, their princes, their priests, their prophets, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:3 - because of their evil which they did so as to provoke H3707 Me to H3707 anger H3707 by continuing to burn incense and to serve other gods whom they had not known, neither they, you, nor your fathers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:8 - provoking H3707 Me to H3707 anger H3707 with the works of your hands, burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt, where you are entering to sojourn, so that you might be cut off and become an imprecation and a reproach among all the nations of the earth?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:17 - He said to me, “Do you see this, son of man? Is it too light a thing for the house of Judah to do the abominations which they have done here, that they have filled the land with violence and provoked H3707 Me to H3707 anger H3707 still more? For behold, they are sending forth the twig to their nose.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:26 - “You also played the harlot with the Egyptians, your [fn]lustful neighbors, and you multiplied your harlotry to provoke H3707 Me to H3707 anger H3707.

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