Lexical Definition

‎כַּעַס‎ kaʻaç (kaw-as') to provoke ^H:V
a primitive root

be angry, be grieved, take indignation, provoke (to anger, unto wrath), have sorrow, vex, be wroth.

• to trouble
• by implication, to grieve, rage, be indignant

1) to be angry, be vexed, be indignant, be wroth, be grieved, provoke to anger and wrath
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to be vexed, be indignant
1a2) to be angry
1b) (Piel) to provoke to anger
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to vex
1c2) to vex, provoke to anger

See Greek: ἀθυμέω · θυμόω · μεριμνάω · παραπικραίνω · παροξύνω · παροργίζω · πικραίνω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

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

Qal Perfect ‎׳‎‎כ‎ Ps 112:10; Eccl 5:16* Imperfect ‎וַיִּכְעַס‎ Neh 3:33*; 2Chr 16:10 1 singular ‎אֶכְעַס‎ Ezek 16:42 Infinitive ‎לִכְעוֺם‎ Eccl 7:9. —

1. be vexed, indignant Ps 112:10; Neh 3:33*; Eccl 5:16*.

2. be angry Ezek 16:42; Eccl 7:9, with ‎אֶל‎ person 2Chr 16:10. Piel. Perfect 3 feminine singular suffix ‎כִּעֲסַתָּה‎ 1Sam 1:6 3 masculine plural suffix ‎כִּעֲסוּנִי‎ Deut 32:21 provoke to anger.

Hiph`il Perfect ‎הִכְעִיס‎ Hos 12:15*; 1Kgs 15:30 suffix ‎הִכְעִיסוֺ‎ 2Kgs 23:26 + 4 t. Perfect; ‎הַכְעִסֵו֯נִי‎ Jer 25:7 (scribal error for ‎תַּכְעִיסוּני‎ according to SS); Imperfect ‎וַיַּכְעֵס‎ 1Kgs 22:54*; 2Chr 28:25 3 feminine singular suffix ‎תַּכְעִיסֶנָּה‎ 1Sam 1:7 + 6 t. Imperfect; Infinitive construct ‎הַכְעִיס‎ 1Kgs 16:13 + 5 t.; suffix ‎הַכְעִ(י)סֵנִי‎ Jer 7:18 + 11 t., + 6 t. suffixes; Participle plural ‎מַכְעִיסִים‎ Jer 7:19 + 4 t. —

1. vex, with accusative pers 1Sam 1:7; Ezek 32:9.

2. vex, provoke to anger, especially of provoking Yahweh by workship of other gods Judg 2:12; Judg 1:9; Judg 14:15; Judg 16:33; Judg 22:54; 2Kgs 17:11; 2Kgs 23:19; 2Chr 28:25; Neh 3:37*; Jer 7:18; Jer 7:19; Jer 11:17; Jer 32:29; Jer 32:32; Jer 44:3; Ezek 8:17; Ezek 16:26; Isa 65:3; Hos 12:15* with ‎בּ‎ instrumental ‎בְּתוֺעֵבֹת‎ Deut 32:16 ‎בְּהַבְלֵיהֶם‎ Deut 32:21; 1Kgs 16:13; 1Kgs 16:26 ‎בחטאתם‎ 1Kgs 16:2 ‎במעשׂ(י) יד(יוׅ‎ Deut 31:29; 1Kgs 16:7; Jer 25:6; Jer 25:7; Jer 32:30; Jer 44:8 ‎בכל מעשׂ(ה) ידיהם‎ 2Kgs 22:17 = 2Chr 34:25 ‎בבמות‎ Ps 78:58 ‎בפסיליהם‎ Jer 8:19 ‎במעלליהם‎ Ps 106:29 compare the phrases ‎להכעיס(וׅ‎ ‎׳‎‎עשׂה הרע(ה) בעיני י‎ do the evil in the eyes of Yahweh to provoke (him) to anger Deut 4:25; Deut 9:18; Deut 31:29; 1Kgs 16:7; 2Kgs 17:17; 2Kgs 21:6 = 2Chr 33:6 so ‎מכעסים‎ 2Kgs 21:15; Jer 32:30 ‎אשׁר הכעיס כעס (יםׅ‎ 1Kgs 15:30; 1Kgs 21:22; 2Kgs 23:26. — The phrase is characteristic of D Jeremiah and the compiler of Kings; see Dr^{Intr 191}; Deut 4:25 Holz^{eini. Hexateuch 287}.

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