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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 5 times in 5 verses in 'Ecc' in the WLC Hebrew.

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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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