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Lexicon :: Strong's H3708 - kaʿas

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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 Box Deu 32:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:19 -
And Jehovah saw it, and abhorred them,
Because of the provocation of his sons and his daughters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:27 -
Were it not that I feared the provocation of the enemy,
Lest their adversaries should judge amiss,
Lest they should say, Our hand is exalted,
And Jehovah hath not done all this.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:6 - And her rival provoked her sore, to make her fret, because Jehovah had shut up her womb.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:16 - Count not thy handmaid for a wicked woman; for out of the abundance of my complaint and my provocation have I spoken hitherto.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 15:30

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:22 - and I 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 wherewith thou hast provoked me to anger, and hast made Israel to sin.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:26

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:2 -
For vexation killeth the foolish man,
And jealousy slayeth the silly one.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:2 -
Oh that my vexation were but weighed,
And all my calamity laid in the balances!

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 10:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:17 -
Thou renewest thy witnesses against me,
And increasest thine indignation upon me:
Changes and warfare are with me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 17:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:7 -
Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow,
And all my members are as a shadow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:7 -
Mine eye wasteth away because of grief;
It waxeth old because of all mine adversaries.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:14 -
Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand:
The helpless committeth himself unto thee;
Thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 31:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:9 -
Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah, for I am in distress:
Mine eye wasteth away with grief, yea, my soul and my body.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 85:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 85:4 -
Turn us, O God of our salvation,
And cause thine indignation toward us to cease.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:16 -
A fool’s vexation is presently known;
But a prudent man concealeth shame.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:25 -
A foolish son is a grief to his father,
And bitterness to her that bare him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:19 -
It is better to dwell in a desert land,
Than with a contentious and fretful woman.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:3 -
A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty;
But a fool’s vexation is heavier than they both.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:18 - For in much wisdom is much grief; and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:23 - For all his days are but sorrows, and his travail is grief; yea, even in the night his heart taketh no rest. This also is vanity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:3 - Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made glad.

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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 Ecc 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:10 - Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh; for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:28 - For when I had brought them into the land, which I sware to give unto them, then they saw every high hill, and every thick tree, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the provocation of their offering; there also they made their sweet savor, and they poured out there their drink-offerings.
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