Kaʻaç — H3708

Definition

masculine noun

vexation

1. anger, vexation, provocation, grief
1. vexation
1. of men
2. of God
2. vexation, grief, frustration

Usually translated as

grief, wrath, provocation, sorrow, anger, angry, indignation, provoking, sore, spite

Origin

or (in Job) kaʻas; from H3707

• Derived from Kaʻaç (H3707)

Greek equivalents

• gnōsis (G1108)
• thymós (G2372)
• orgḗ (G3709)
• orgílos (G3711)
• parorgismós (G3950)

Occurrences

Kaʻaç occurs 25 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Deuteronomy (2), 1 Samuel (2), 1 Kings (2), 2 Kings (1), Job (4), Psalms (4), Proverbs (4), Ecclesiastes (5), Ezekiel (1)

• Deuteronomy 32:19 — And when the LORD saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking (מִכַּ֥עַס) of his sons, and of his daughters.
• Deuteronomy 32:27 — Were it not that I feared the wrath (כַּ֤עַס) of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and the LORD hath not done all this.
• 1 Samuel 1:6 — And her adversary also provoked her sore (כַּ֔עַס), for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb.
• 1 Samuel 1:16 — Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief (וְכַעְסִ֖י) have I spoken hitherto.
• 1 Kings 15:30 — Because of the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and which he made Israel sin, by his provocation (בְּכַעְס֕וֹ) wherewith he provoked the LORD God of Israel to anger.
• 1 Kings 21:22 — And will make thine house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, for the provocation (הַכַּ֙עַס֙) wherewith thou hast provoked me to anger, and made Israel to sin.
• 2 Kings 23:26 — Notwithstanding the LORD turned not from the fierceness of his great wrath, wherewith his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provocations (הַכְּעָסִ֔ים) that Manasseh had provoked him withal.
• Job 5:2 — For wrath (כָּ֑עַשׂ) killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
• Job 6:2 — Oh that my grief (כַּעְשִׂ֑י) were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!
• Job 10:17 — Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation (כַּֽ֭עַשְׂךָ) upon me; changes and war are against me.
• Job 17:7 — Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow (מִכַּ֣עַשׂ), and all my members are as a shadow.
• Psalms 6:7 — Mine eye is consumed because of grief (מִכַּ֣עַס); it waxeth old because of all mine enemies.
• Psalms 10:14 — Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite (וָכַ֨עַס), to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.
• Psalms 31:9 — Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief (בְכַ֥עַס), yea, my soul and my belly.
• Psalms 85:4 — Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger (כַּֽעַסְךָ֣) toward us to cease.
• Proverbs 12:16 — A fool’s wrath (כַּעְס֑וֹ) is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame.
• Proverbs 17:25 — A foolish son is a grief (כַּ֣עַס) to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
• Proverbs 21:19 — It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry (וָכָֽעַס) woman.
• Proverbs 27:3 — A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath (וְכַ֥עַס) is heavier than them both.
• Ecclesiastes 1:18 — For in much wisdom is much grief (כָּ֑עַס): and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
• Ecclesiastes 2:23 — For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief (וָכַ֙עַס֙); yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.
• Ecclesiastes 7:3 — Sorrow (כַּ֖עַס) is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
• Ecclesiastes 7:9 — Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger (כַ֔עַס) resteth in the bosom of fools.
• Ecclesiastes 11:10 — Therefore remove sorrow (כַּ֙עַס֙) from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.
• Ezekiel 20:28 — For when I had brought them into the land, for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to them, then they saw every high hill, and all the thick trees, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the provocation (כַּ֣עַס) of their offering: there also they made their sweet savour, and poured out there their drink offerings.