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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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
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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 Yahweh saw this and spurned them

Because of the provocation H3708 of His sons and daughters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:27 -

Had I not feared the provocation H3708 by the enemy,

Lest their adversaries misjudge,

Lest they say, “Our hand is [fn]triumphant,

And Yahweh has not done all this.”’

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:6 - Her rival, however, would provoke her bitterly H3708 to irritate her because Yahweh had closed her womb.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:16 - “Do not [fn]consider your maidservant as a vile woman, for I have spoken until now out of my great complaint and [fn]provocation H3708.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 15:30

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 H3708 with which he provoked Yahweh, 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 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 H3708 with which you have provoked Me to anger, and because you have made Israel sin.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:26 -

However, Yahweh did not turn from His great burning anger, His anger which burned against Judah, because of all the provocations H3708 with which Manasseh had provoked Him to anger.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:2 -

“For vexation H3708 kills the ignorant fool,

And jealousy puts to death the simple.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:2 -

“Oh that my vexation H3708 were actually weighed

And laid in the balances together with my destruction!

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 10:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:17 -

‘You renew Your witnesses against me

And increase Your vexation H3708 toward me;

[fn]Hardship after hardship is with me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 17:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:7 -

“My eye has also grown dim because of grief H3708,

And all my members are as a shadow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:7 -

My eye has wasted away with grief H3708;

It has become old because of all my adversaries.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 10:14

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Resh

You have seen it, for You have beheld mischief and vexation H3708 to [fn]take it into Your hand.

The [fn]unfortunate commits himself to You;

You have been the helper of the orphan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 31:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:9 -

Be gracious to me, O Yahweh, for I am in distress;

My eye is wasted away from grief H3708, my soul and [fn]my body also.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 85:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 85:4 -

Turn us back, O God of our salvation,

And cause Your vexation H3708 toward us to cease.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:16 -

An ignorant fool’s [fn]anger H3708 is known at once,

But a prudent man conceals disgrace.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:25 -

A foolish son is a vexation H3708 to his father

And bitterness to her who gave birth to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:19 -

It is better to live in a desert land

Than with a contentious and vexing H3708 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 the provocation H3708 of an ignorant fool is heavier than both of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:18 - Because in much wisdom there is much vexation H3708, and whoever increases knowledge increases pain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:23 - Because all his days his endeavor is painful and vexing H3708; even at night his heart does not lie down. This too is vanity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:3 -

Better is vexation H3708 than laughter,

For when a face is sad a heart may be merry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:9 -

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

For vexation H3708 rests in the bosom of fools.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:10 - So, remove vexation H3708 from your heart and put away evil from your flesh because childhood and the prime of life are vanity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:28 - “Indeed, I brought them into the land which I swore to give to them, and they saw every high hill and every leafy tree, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they gave the provocation H3708 of their offering. There also they made their soothing aroma, and there they poured out their drink offerings.
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