King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H3707
Transliteration: kaas
Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-as')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to be vexed or angry
Meaning: to trouble, to grieve, rage, be indignant
Word Summary
kaas: to be vexed or angry
Original Word: כַּעַסTransliteration: kaas
Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-as')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to be vexed or angry
Meaning: to trouble, to grieve, rage, be indignant
Strong's Concordance
be angry, be grieved, take indignation, provoke to anger, unto wrathA primitive root; to trouble; by implication, to grieve, rage, be indignant -- be angry, be grieved, take indignation, provoke (to anger, unto wrath), have sorrow, vex, be wroth.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H3707. kaas
כָּעַס verb be vexed, angry (Late Hebrew כָּעַס, Aramaic כְּעַם (not Syriac)); —
Qal Perfect ׳כ Psalm 112:10; Ecclesiastes 5:16; Imperfect וַיִּכְעַס Nehemiah 3:33; 2 Chronicles 16:10; 1 singular אֶכְעַס Ezekiel 16:42; Infinitive לִכְעוֺם Ecclesiastes 7:9. —
1 be vexed, indignant Psalm 112:10; Nehemiah 3:33; Ecclesiastes 5:16.
2 be angry Ezekiel 16:42; Ecclesiastes 7:9, with אֶל person 2 Chronicles 16:10.
Piel. Perfect3feminine singular suffix כִּעֲסַתָּה 1 Samuel 1:6; 3masculine plural suffix כִּעֲסוּנִי Deuteronomy 32:21 provoke to anger.
Hiph`il Perfect הִכְעִיס Hosea 12:15; 1 Kings 15:30; suffix הִכְעִיסוֺ 2 Kings 23:26 4t. Perfect; הַכְעִסֵו֯נִי Jeremiah 25:7; (scribal error for תַּכְעִיסוּני according to SS); Imperfect וַיַּכְעֵס 1 Kings 22:54; 2 Chronicles 28:25; 3 feminine singular suffix תַּכְעִיסֶנָּה 1 Samuel 1:7 6t. Imperfect; Infinitive construct הַכְעִיס 1 Kings 16:13 5t.; suffix הַכְעִ(י)סֵנִי Jeremiah 7:18 11t., + 6 t. suffixes; Participle plural מַכְעִיסִים 7:19 4t. —
1 vex, with accusative pers 1 Samuel 1:7; Ezekiel 32:9.
2 vex, provoke to anger, especially of provoking Yahweh by workship of other gods Judges 2:12; 1 Kings 14:9; 14:15; 16:33; 1 Kings 22:54; 2 Kings 17:11; 23:19; 2 Chronicles 28:25; Nehemiah 3:37; Jeremiah 7:18-19, 11:17; 32:29, 32; 44:3; Ezekiel 8:17; 16:26; Isaiah 65:3; Hosea 12:15; with בּ instrumental בְּתוֺעֵבֹת Deuteronomy 32:16; בְּהַבְלֵיהֶם 32:21; 1 Kings 16:13, 26; בחטאתם 16:2; יד(יוׅ במעשׂ(י) Deuteronomy 31:29; 1 Kings 16:7; Jeremiah 25:6-7, 32:30; 44:8; ידיהם מעשׂ(ה) בכל 2 Kings 22:17 2 Chronicles 34:25; בבמות Psalm 78:58; בפסיליהם Jeremiah 8:19; במעלליהם Psalm 106:29; compare the phrases י בעיני הרע(ה) ׳עשׂה להכעיס(וׅ do the evil in the eyes of Yahweh to provoke (him) to anger Deuteronomy 4:25; 9:18; 31:29; 1 Kings 16:7; 2 Kings 17:17; 21:6 2 Chronicles 33:6; so מכעסים 2 Kings 21:15; Jeremiah 32:30; (יםׅ כעס הכעיס אשׁר 1 Kings 15:30; 21:22; 2 Kings 23:26. — The phrase is characteristic of D Jeremiah and the compiler of Kings; see DrIntr 191; Deuteronomy 4:25 Holzeini. Hexateuch 287.