Word

כַּעַס

kaʻaç · H3707 · Hebrew · 54 occurrences

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Meanings

to be/become vexed, to be/become angry

State/process by which humans or deities experience displeasure; caused by someone else's condition or behavior

Examples
2 Chronicles 16:10 Then Asa was angry with the seer and put him in prison, for he was enraged at him for this. And Asa mistreated some of the people at the same time.
Deuteronomy 4:25 “When you father children and have grandchildren, and you grow old in the land, and you act corruptly, and make an idol in the form of anything, and do what is evil in the sight of the LORD your God to provoke Him to anger,
Nehemiah 4:1 Now it came about that when Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he became furious and very angry, and he mocked the Jews.

How it’s used In 6 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

54 occurrences in 12 groups

Not stated (infinitive) 26
Not stated: they 7
Not stated: he, she or it 7
Not stated (participle) 4
Not stated: I 3
Other words · 7 groups that occur once or twice (7) 7

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

43 occurrences in 8 groups

נִיme 19
יְהֹוָהthe LORD, YHWH 9
וֹhim 9
הָher 2
לֵבheart, mind 1
תַּמְרוּרbitterness 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

24 occurrences in 16 groups

בin/on/with+ מַעֲשֶׂהwork, deed 8
בin/on/with+ הֶבֶלvanity, breath 3
Other words · 14 groups that occur once or twice (15) 15

With adverbsAdverbs

7 occurrences in 6 groups

לֹאnot 2
רָבָהto increase 2
כֵּןthus 1
מַדּוּעַwhy? 1
עוֹדstill, again, yet 1
תָּמִידalways 1

What is done to itIt is the object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

הָיָהto be, to become 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

20 occurrences in 1 groups

לto/for 20

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 1 entry

Angry002001002002: This verb means to be angry, grieved, or provoked to indignation, so it belongs squarely among words for anger.

Word family 2 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

כַּעַסkaʻaç · H3707כַּעַס kaʻaç · H3708 · vexation, grief, anger · 25×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H3707. kaas כָּעַס verb be vexed, angry (Late Hebrew כָּעַס, Aramaic כְּעַם (not…

H3707. kaas
כָּעַס verb be vexed, angry (Late Hebrew כָּעַס, Aramaic כְּעַם (not Syriac)); —
Qal Perfect ׳כ Psa 112:10; Ecc 5:16; Imperfect וַיִּכְעַס Nehemiah 3:33; 2Ch 16:10; 2Ch 16:1 singular אֶכְעַס Eze 16:42; Infinitive לִכְעוֺם Ecc 7:9. —
1 be vexed, indignant Psa 112:10; Nehemiah 3:33; Ecc 5:16.
2 be angry Eze 16:42; Ecc 7:9, with אֶל person 2Ch 16:10.
Piel. Perfect3feminine singular suffix כִּעֲסַתָּה 1Sa 1:6; 1Sa 1:3masculine plural suffix כִּעֲסוּנִי Deu 32:21 provoke to anger.
Hiph`il Perfect הִכְעִיס Hosea 12:15; 1Ki 15:30; suffix הִכְעִיסוֺ 2Ki 23:26 2Ki 23:4t. Perfect; הַכְעִסֵו֯נִי Jer 25:7; (scribal error for תַּכְעִיסוּני according to SS); Imperfect וַיַּכְעֵס 1 Kings 22:54; 2Ch 28:25; 2Ch 28:3 feminine singular suffix תַּכְעִיסֶנָּה 1Sa 1:7 1Sa 1:6t. Imperfect; Infinitive construct הַכְעִיס 1Ki 16:13 1Ki 16:5t.; suffix הַכְעִ(י)סֵנִי Jer 7:18 Jer 7:11t., + 6 t. suffixes; Participle plural מַכְעִיסִים Jer 7:19 Jer 7:4t. —
1 vex, with accusative pers 1Sa 1:7; Eze 32:9.
2 vex, provoke to anger, especially of provoking Yahweh by workship of other gods Jdg 2:12; 1Ki 14:9; 1Ki 14:15; 1Ki 16:33; 1 Kings 22:54; 2Ki 17:11; 2Ki 23:19; 2Ch 28:25; Nehemiah 3:37; Jer 7:18-19, Jer 11:17; Jer 32:29, Jer 32:32; Jer 44:3; Eze 8:17; Eze 16:26; Isa 65:3; Hosea 12:15; with בּ instrumental בְּתוֺעֵבֹת Deu 32:16; בְּהַבְלֵיהֶם Deu 32:21; 1Ki 16:13, 1Ki 16:26; בחטאתם 1Ki 16:2; יד(יוׅ במעשׂ(י) Deu 31:29; 1Ki 16:7; Jer 25:6-7, Jer 32:30; Jer 44:8; ידיהם מעשׂ(ה) בכל 2Ki 22:17 2Ch 34:25; בבמות Psa 78:58; בפסיליהם Jer 8:19; במעלליהם Psa 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 Deu 4:25; Deu 9:18; Deu 31:29; 1Ki 16:7; 2Ki 17:17; 2Ki 21:6 2Ch 33:6; so מכעסים 2Ki 21:15; Jer 32:30; (יםׅ כעס הכעיס אשׁר 1Ki 15:30; 1Ki 21:22; 2Ki 23:26. — The phrase is characteristic of D Jeremiah and the compiler of Kings; see DrIntr 191; Deu 4:25 Holzeini. Hexateuch 287.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Angry54 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0