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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 BoxDeu 4:25 - When thou shalt beget children, and children's children, and ye shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, and shall do evil in the sight of the LORD thy God, to provoke him to anger:

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:18 - And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and forty nights: I neither ate bread, nor drank water, because of all your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:29 - For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days; because ye will do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:16 - They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations they provoked him to anger.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:21 - They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those who are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:12 - And they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that were around them, and bowed themselves to them, and provoked the LORD to anger.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:6 - And her adversary also provoked her greatly, to make her fret, because the LORD had made her barren.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:7 - And as he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of the LORD, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:9 - But hast done evil above all that were before thee: for thou hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:15 - For the LORD will smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water, and he will root up Israel out of this good land, which he gave to their fathers, and will scatter them beyond the river, because they have made their groves, provoking the LORD to anger.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 15:30

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:2 - Forasmuch as I exalted thee from the dust, and made thee prince over my people Israel; and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and hast made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:7 - And also by the hand of the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came the word of the LORD against Baasha, and against his house, even for all the evil that he did in the sight of the LORD, in provoking him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam; and because he killed him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:13 - For all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, by which they sinned, and by which they made Israel to sin, in provoking the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:26 - For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in his sin with which he made Israel to sin, to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:33 - And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:22 - And will make thy house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, for the provocation with which thou hast provoked me to anger, and made Israel to sin.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:53

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:11 - And there they burnt incense on all the high places, as did the heathen whom the LORD carried away before them; and wrought wicked things to provoke the LORD to anger:

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:17 - And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 21:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:6 - And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he committed much wickedness in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 21:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:15 - Because they have done that which was evil in my sight, and have provoked me to anger, since the day their fathers came out of Egypt, even to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 22:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:17 - Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place and shall not be quenched.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:19 - And all the houses also of the high places that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke the LORD to anger, Josiah took away, and did to them according to all the acts that he had done in Beth-el.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:26 - Notwithstanding, the LORD turned not from the fierceness of his great wrath, with which his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provocations by which Manasseh had provoked him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 16:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:10 - Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people the same time.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 28:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:25 - And in every several city of Judah he made high places to burn incense to other gods, and provoked to anger the LORD God of his fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 33:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:6 - And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke 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 me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be poured out upon this place, and shall not be quenched.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:1 - But it came to pass that when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:5 - And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:58

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:58 - For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:29 - Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and the plague broke in upon them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 112:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 112:10 - The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:17 - All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:9 - Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 65:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:3 - A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of brick;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:18 - The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings to other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:19 - Do they provoke me to anger? saith the LORD: do they not provoke themselves to the confusion of their own faces?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:19 - Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of them that dwell in a distant country: Is not the LORD in Zion? is not her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with strange vanities?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:17 - For the LORD of hosts, that planted thee, hath pronounced evil against thee, for the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have done against themselves to provoke me to anger in offering incense to Baal.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:6 - And go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke me not to anger with the works of your hands; and I will do you no hurt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:7 - Yet ye have not hearkened to me, saith the LORD; that ye might provoke me to anger with the works of your hands to your own hurt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 32:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:29 - And the Chaldeans, that fight against this city, shall come and set fire on this city, and burn it with the houses, upon whose roofs they have offered incense to Baal, and poured out drink-offerings to other gods, to provoke me to anger.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 32:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:30 - For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have done evil only before me from their youth: for the children of Israel have only provoked me to anger with the work of their hands, saith the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 32:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:32 - Because of all the evil of the children of Israel and of the children of Judah, which they have done to provoke me to anger, they, their kings, their princes, their priests, and their prophets, and the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 44:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:3 - Because of their wickedness which they have committed to provoke me to anger, in that they went to burn incense, and to serve other gods, whom they knew not, neither they, ye, nor your fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 44:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:8 - In that ye provoke me to wrath with the works of your hands, burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye are gone to dwell, that ye may cut yourselves off, and that ye may be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:17 - Then he said to me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have returned to provoke me to anger: and lo, they put the branch to their nose.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:26 - Thou hast also committed fornication with the Egyptians thy neighbors, great of flesh; and hast multiplied thy lewd deeds, to provoke me to anger.

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