Hebrew noun (masculine) · H3708
כַּעַס
kaaskah'-as
vexation; vexation
25 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: kaʻaç
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H3708is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 9 of 39Old Testament books
- 24spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H3708
vexation
The King James renders it: anger, angry, grief, indignation, provocation, provoking, [idiom] sore, sorrow, spite, wrath.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
kaas is rendered "vexation; vexation". It stands 25 times in the Hebrew text, across nine books.
- Five of the uses stand in Ecclesiastes, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "vexation".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Deuteronomy 32:19When the LORD saw this, He rejected them, provoked to anger by His sons and daughters.
- The Greek text spells it twenty-four different ways.
The first use
When the LORD saw this, He rejected them, provoked to anger by His sons and daughters.
Deuteronomy 32:19מִכַּ֥עַס
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in nine of the 39 Old Testament books.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: vexation, and vexation.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| vexationStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereDeuteronomy 32:19When the LORD saw this, He rejected them, provoked to anger by His sons and daughters. |
| vexationStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- vexation3
- and vexation2
- from grief2
- provocation of2
- and anger1
- and provocation my1
- and provocation of1
- anger1
- anger his1
- anger your1
- by provocation his1
- from provocation of1
and 8 more, 25 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| כַּעַס | kaas | to provoke | Uses54 |
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
All 25, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
24 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- כַּ֣עַס2
- בְכַ֥עַס1
- בְּכַעְס֕וֹ1
- הַכַּ֙עַס֙1
- הַכְּעָסִ֔ים1
- וְכַ֥עַס1
- וָכַ֙עַס֙1
- וָכַ֨עַס׀1
- וָכָֽעַס׃1
- וְכַעְסִ֖י1
- כַ֔עַס1
- כַּ֤עַס1
and 12 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine singular7HNcmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular3HC/Ncmsa
- preposition + noun · masculine singular3HR/Ncmsa
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2HNcmsc
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular2HNcmsc/Sp2ms
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HC/Ncmsc
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1HC/Ncmsc/Sp1bs
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1HNcmsc/Sp1bs
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HNcmsc/Sp3ms
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HR/Ncmsc
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HR/Ncmsc/Sp3ms
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural1HTd/Ncmpa
Deuteronomy
two uses
When the LORD saw this, He rejected them, provoked to anger by His sons and daughters.
- מִכַּ֥עַסmikaaspreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from provocation of
if I had not dreaded the taunt of the enemy, lest their adversaries misunderstand and say: ‘Our own hand has prevailed; it was not the LORD who did all this.’”
- כַּ֤עַסkaasnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: provocation of
1 Samuel
two uses
Because the LORD had closed Hannah’s womb, her rival would provoke her and taunt her viciously.
- כַּ֔עַסkaasnoun · masculine singulartagged: provocation
Do not take your servant for a wicked woman; for all this time I have been praying out of the depth of my anguish and grief.”
- וְכַעְסִ֖יvekha'siconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: and provocation my
1 Kings
two uses
because of the sins Jeroboam had committed and had caused Israel to commit, and because he had provoked the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger.
- בְּכַעְס֕וֹbekha'sopreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: by provocation his
I will make your house like that of Jeroboam son of Nebat and like that of Baasha son of Ahijah, because you have provoked My anger and caused Israel to sin.’
- הַכַּ֙עַס֙hakaasthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the provocation
2 Kings
one use
Nevertheless, the LORD did not turn away from the fury of His burning anger, which was kindled against Judah because of all that Manasseh had done to provoke Him to anger.
- הַכְּעָסִ֔יםhakeasimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the provocations
Job
four uses
For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.
- כָּ֑עַשׂkaasnoun · masculine singulartagged: vexation
“If only my grief could be weighed and placed with my calamity on the scales.
- כַּעְשִׂ֑יka'sinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: grief my
You produce new witnesses against me and multiply Your anger toward me. Hardships assault me in wave after wave.
- כַּֽ֭עַשְׂךָkaaskhanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: vexation your
My eyes have grown dim with grief, and my whole body is but a shadow.
- מִכַּ֣עַשׂmikaaspreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from grief
Psalms
four uses
My eyes fail from grief; they grow dim because of all my foes.
- מִכַּ֣עַסmikaaspreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from grief
But You have regarded trouble and grief; You see to repay it by Your hand. The victim entrusts himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.
- וָכַ֨עַס׀vakhaasconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and vexation
Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eyes fail from sorrow, my soul and body as well.
- בְכַ֥עַסvekhaaspreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: with grief
Restore us, O God of our salvation, and put away Your displeasure toward us.
- כַּֽעַסְךָ֣kaaskhanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: anger your
Proverbs
four uses
A fool’s anger is known at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.
- כַּעְס֑וֹka'sonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: anger his
A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.
- כַּ֣עַסkaasnoun · masculine singulartagged: grief
Better to live in the desert than with a contentious and ill-tempered wife.
- וָכָֽעַס׃vakhaasconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and anger
A stone is heavy and sand is a burden, but aggravation from a fool outweighs them both.
- וְכַ֥עַסvekhaasconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and provocation of
Ecclesiastes
five uses
For with much wisdom comes much sorrow, and as knowledge grows, grief increases.
- כָּ֑עַסkaasnoun · masculine singulartagged: frustration
Indeed, all his days are filled with grief, and his task is sorrowful; even at night, his mind does not rest. This too is futile.
- וָכַ֙עַס֙vakhaasconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and vexation
Sorrow is better than laughter, for a sad countenance is good for the heart.
- כַּ֖עַסkaasnoun · masculine singulartagged: vexation
Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool.
- כַ֔עַסkhaasnoun · masculine singulartagged: anger
So banish sorrow from your heart, and cast off pain from your body, for youth and vigor are fleeting.
- כַּ֙עַס֙kaasnoun · masculine singulartagged: vexation
Ezekiel
one use
When I brought them into the land that I swore to give them and they saw any high hill or leafy tree, there they offered their sacrifices, presented offerings that provoked Me, sent up their fragrant incense, and poured out their drink offerings.
- כַּ֣עַסkaasnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: provocation of
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.
