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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 7 times in 7 verses in '2Ki' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:11 - They offered sacrifices on all the hilltops, just like the nations the LORD had driven from the land ahead of them. So the people of Israel had done many evil things, arousing the LORD’s anger.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:17 - They even sacrificed their own sons and daughters in the fire.[fn] They consulted fortune-tellers and practiced sorcery and sold themselves to evil, arousing the LORD’s anger.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:6 - Manasseh also sacrificed his own son in the fire.[fn] He practiced sorcery and divination, and he consulted with mediums and psychics. He did much that was evil in the LORD’s sight, arousing his anger.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:15 - For they have done great evil in my sight and have angered me ever since their ancestors came out of Egypt.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:17 - For my people have abandoned me and offered sacrifices to pagan gods, and I am very angry with them for everything they have done. My anger will burn against this place, and it will not be quenched.’

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:19 - Then Josiah demolished all the buildings at the pagan shrines in the towns of Samaria, just as he had done at Bethel. They had been built by the various kings of Israel and had made the LORD[fn] very angry.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:26 - Even so, the LORD was very angry with Judah because of all the wicked things Manasseh had done to provoke him.
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