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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 39
    Old Testament books
  • 24
    spellings
  • 2
    meanings

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.

The other 30 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

The word carries two meanings: vexation, and vexation.

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

The English STEP Bible gives each use, word by word, and how many times.
vexationStrong's entry ATagged aslisted under the tableWhereDeuteronomy 32:19When the LORD saw this, He rejected them, provoked to anger by His sons and daughters.
vexationStrong's entry BTagged aslisted under the tableWherein 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.

כַּעַסkaasto provokeUses54

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.

    Deuteronomy 32:19

    • 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.’”

    Deuteronomy 32:27

    • 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.

    1 Samuel 1:6

    • 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.”

    1 Samuel 1:16

    • 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.

    1 Kings 15:30

    • 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.’

    1 Kings 21:22

    • 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.

    2 Kings 23:26

    • הַכְּעָסִ֔יםhakeasimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the provocations

Job

four uses
  • For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.

    Job 5:2

    • כָּ֑עַשׂkaasnoun · masculine singulartagged: vexation
  • “If only my grief could be weighed and placed with my calamity on the scales.

    Job 6:2

    • 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.

    Job 10:17

    • 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.

    Job 17:7

    • מִכַּ֣עַשׂmikaaspreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from grief

Psalms

four uses
  • My eyes fail from grief; they grow dim because of all my foes.

    Psalms 6:7

    • 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.

    Psalms 10:14

    • 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.

    Psalms 31:9

    • בְכַ֥עַסvekhaaspreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: with grief
  • Restore us, O God of our salvation, and put away Your displeasure toward us.

    Psalms 85:4

    • 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.

    Proverbs 12:16

    • 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.

    Proverbs 17:25

    • כַּ֣עַסkaasnoun · masculine singulartagged: grief
  • Better to live in the desert than with a contentious and ill-tempered wife.

    Proverbs 21:19

    • 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.

    Proverbs 27:3

    • 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.

    Ecclesiastes 1:18

    • 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.

    Ecclesiastes 2:23

    • וָכַ֙עַס֙vakhaasconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and vexation
  • Sorrow is better than laughter, for a sad countenance is good for the heart.

    Ecclesiastes 7:3

    • כַּ֖עַסkaasnoun · masculine singulartagged: vexation
  • Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool.

    Ecclesiastes 7:9

    • כַ֔עַסkhaasnoun · masculine singulartagged: anger
  • So banish sorrow from your heart, and cast off pain from your body, for youth and vigor are fleeting.

    Ecclesiastes 11:10

    • 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.

    Ezekiel 20:28

    • כַּ֣עַסkaasnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: provocation of

The letters

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.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESH gloss (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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