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כַּעַס

𐤊𐤏𐤎

kaʻaç

H3708 noun

SILEX Entry

Root כעס to be angry, to provoke, to be vexed

Definition

An emotional state of intense irritation or resentment, most commonly anger or vexation. In various contexts, the term can signify anger, fury, or indignation felt by a human or attributed to the deity, but also conveys the experience or resultant condition of being deeply offended, grieved, or provoked. The word also refers to the cause or occasion of such feelings (i.e., provocation).

Semantic Range

anger, vexation, provocation, reason for anger, occasion for offense, grief, indignation, wrath, the emotional state or its outward expression, the cause of such emotion

Root / Etymology

From the root כעס, meaning 'to be angry, to be vexed, to provoke.' The noun כַּעַס derives from this root, signifying both the feeling of anger/vexation and, by extension, something that incites anger or offense.

Historical & Contextual Notes

כַּעַס appears throughout biblical literature to describe both human emotional responses and the attributed anger of the deity (YHWH). Used in the patriarchal, monarchic, and exilic texts, it describes internal emotional states and external acts of provocation. In wisdom literature (e.g., Job, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes), the term is used to discuss the human experience of frustration or pain. In Deuteronomistic and prophetic literature, it frequently denotes the offense or provocation of Israel or other nations toward the deity, resulting in divine anger or judgment. Modern English translations may render the word as 'anger,' 'vexation,' 'grief,' 'indignation,' or 'provocation,' but none of these singularly matches the full semantic scope, which spans both emotion and its causes. Occasionally, related Greek terms in the Septuagint (e.g., ὀργή, θυμός, λύπη) reflect this range, though no single term consistently represents all nuances. The related noun כעסה (anger, rage) and verb כעס also appear with similar but distinct nuances.

Original Strong's Gloss (1890)

or (in Job) כַּעַשׂ; from כַּעַס; vexation; anger, angry, grief, indignation, provocation, provoking, [idiom] sore, sorrow, spite, wrath.

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Root Family

כעס (k-ʿ-s) — to be angry, to be vexed, to provoke

Strong's Lemma SIBI-P1
H3707 כַּעַס I will provoke them to anger

Word Forms

12 distinct forms

SIDANCE Surface Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1 Occurrences
H3708-04 כַּ֤עַס kaas HNcmsc anger anger-of 8
H3708-10 וָ/כַ֨עַס vakhaas HC/Ncmsa and grief vexation 3
H3708-09 מִ/כַּ֥עַס mikaas HR/Ncmsc because-of-grief anger-of 3
H3708-05 כַּֽעַסְ/ךָ֣ kaasekha HNcmsc/Sp2ms your indignation your anger 2
H3708-11 בְ/כַ֥עַס vekhaas HR/Ncmsa but the provocation vexation 2
H3708-03 הַ/כְּעָסִ֔ים hakeasim HTd/Ncmpa the-provocations the provocations 1
H3708-01 בְּ/כַעְס֕/וֹ bekhaeso HR/Ncmsc/Sp3ms his provocation in his anger 1
H3708-02 הַ/כַּ֨עַס֙ hakaas HTd/Ncmsa the anger the vexation 1
H3708-08 כַ֔עַס khaas HNcmsa vexation 1
H3708-07 כַּעְס֑/וֹ kaeso HNcmsc/Sp3ms his anger his anger 1

Occurrences in Scripture

25 total occurrences

SIDANCE Reference Word Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1
H3708-09 Deuteronomy 32:19 מִ/כַּ֥עַס mikaas HR/Ncmsc because of provocation anger-of
H3708-04 Deuteronomy 32:27 כַּ֤עַס kaas HNcmsc the anger anger-of
H3708-04 1 Samuel 1:6 כַּ֔עַס kaas HNcmsa to provoke anger-of
H3708-12 1 Samuel 1:16 וְ/כַעְסִ֖/י vekhaesi HC/Ncmsc/Sp1cs and my vexation and my vexation
H3708-01 1 Kings 15:30 בְּ/כַעְס֕/וֹ bekhaeso HR/Ncmsc/Sp3ms his provocation in his anger
H3708-02 1 Kings 21:22 הַ/כַּ֨עַס֙ hakaas HTd/Ncmsa the anger the vexation
H3708-03 2 Kings 23:26 הַ/כְּעָסִ֔ים hakeasim HTd/Ncmpa the-provocations the provocations
H3708-04 Ezekiel 20:28 כַּ֣עַס kaas HNcmsc provocation anger-of
H3708-09 Psalms 6:8 מִ/כַּ֣עַס mikaas HR/Ncmsa because of vexation anger-of
H3708-10 Psalms 10:14 וָ/כַ֨עַס vakhaas HC/Ncmsa and grief vexation
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