STRONGS NUMBER H3707


Word Summary
kaas: to be vexed or angry
Original Word: כַּעַס
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
Strong's Concordance
be angry, be grieved, take indignation, provoke to anger, unto wrath

A 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

כָּעַסverb be vexed, angry (Late Hebrew כָּעַס‎, Aramaic כְּעַם‎ (not Syriac)); —

Qal Perfect ׳כPsalm 112:10; Ecclesiastes 5:16; Imperfect וַיִּכְעַס‎ Nehemiah 3:33; 2 Chronicles 16:10; 1 singular אֶכְעַסEzekiel 16:42; Infinitive לִכְעוֺםEcclesiastes 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 כִּעֲסַתָּה1 Samuel 1:6; 3masculine plural suffix כִּעֲסוּנִיDeuteronomy 32:21 provoke to anger.

Hiph`il Perfect הִכְעִיס‎ Hosea 12:15; 1 Kings 15:30; suffix הִכְעִיסוֺ2 Kings 23:26 4t. Perfect; הַכְעִסֵו֯נִיJeremiah 25:7; (scribal error for תַּכְעִיסוּני‎ according to SS); Imperfect וַיַּכְעֵס‎ 1 Kings 22:54; 2 Chronicles 28:25; 3 feminine singular suffix תַּכְעִיסֶנָּה1 Samuel 1:7 6t. Imperfect; Infinitive construct הַכְעִיס1 Kings 16:13 5t.; suffix הַכְעִ(י)סֵנִיJeremiah 7:18 11t., + 6 t. suffixes; Participle plural מַכְעִיסִים7:19 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 בְּתוֺעֵבֹתDeuteronomy 32:16; בְּהַבְלֵיהֶם32:21; 1 Kings 16:13, 26; בחטאתם16:2; יד(יוׅ במעשׂ(י)Deuteronomy 31:29; 1 Kings 16:7; Jeremiah 25:6-7, 32:30; 44:8; ידיהם מעשׂ(ה) בכל2 Kings 22:17 2 Chronicles 34:25; בבמותPsalm 78:58; בפסיליהםJeremiah 8:19; במעלליהםPsalm 106:29; compare the phrases י בעיני הרע(ה) ׳עשׂה להכעיס(וׅdo 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 מכעסים2 Kings 21:15; Jeremiah 32:30; (יםׅ כעס הכעיס אשׁר1 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.