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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.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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 -

“The LORD saw this, and spurned them

Because of the provocation H3708 by 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,

That their adversaries would misjudge,

That they would say, “Our hand is [fn]triumphant,

And the LORD has not performed all this.”’

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:6

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:16 - “Do not [fn]consider your bond-servant a useless woman, for I have spoken until now out of my great concern and 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 [fn]committed, and into which he misled Israel, because of his provocation H3708 with which he provoked the LORD 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 misled Israel into sin.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:26 -

Nevertheless, the LORD did not turn from the fierceness of His great wrath with which His anger burned against Judah, because of all the provocations H3708 with which Manasseh had provoked Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:2 -

“For irritation kills the fool,

And jealousy brings death to the simple.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:2 -

“Oh if only my grief H3708 were actually weighed

And laid in the balances together with my disaster!

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 10:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:17 -

‘You renew Your witnesses against me

And increase Your anger 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 become inexpressive because of grief H3708,

And all my body parts are like 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 grown old because of all my enemies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 10:14

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You have seen it, for You have looked at harm and provocation 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, LORD, for I am in distress;

My eye is wasted away from grief H3708, my soul and my body too.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 85:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 85:4 -

Restore us, God of our salvation,

And cause Your indignation H3708 toward us to cease.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:16 -

A fool’s anger H3708 is known at once,

But a prudent person conceals dishonor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:25 -

A foolish son is a grief 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 irritating 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 a 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 grief H3708; and increasing knowledge results in increasing pain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:23 - Because all his days his activity is painful and irritating H3708; even at night his [fn]mind does not rest. This too is futility.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:3 -

Sorrow H3708 is better than laughter,

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

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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 angry,

For anger H3708 resides in the [fn]heart of fools.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:10 - So remove [fn]sorrow H3708 from your heart and keep [fn]pain away from your body, because childhood and the prime of life are [fn]fleeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:28 - “When I had brought them into the land which I swore to give to them, then they saw every high hill and every tree thick with branches, and there they offered their sacrifices and there they presented 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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