Lexical Definition
כַּעַס kaʻaç (kah'-as) vexation H:N-M
or (in Job) כַּעַשׂ kaʻas (kah'-as); from כַּעַס
anger, angry, grief, indignation, provocation, provoking, [idiom] sore, sorrow, spite, wrath.
- vexation
1) anger, vexation, provocation, grief
1a) vexation
1a1) of men
1a2) of God
1b) vexation, grief, frustration
See Greek: γνῶσις · θυμός · ὀργή · ὀργή · ὀργίλος · παροργισμός
Brown-Driver-Briggs
כַּ֫עַס noun masculine vexation, anger; — ׳כ Deut 32:27 + 13 t.; כָּ֑עַס Prov 21:19; Eccl 1:18 suffix כַּעְסִי 1Sam 1:16, כַּעַסְךָ Ps 85:5*, כַּעְסוֺ Prov 12:16; 1Kgs 15:30 plural כְּעָסִים 2Kgs 23:26. — vexation:
1. of men, especially caused by unmerited treatment, 1Sam 1:6; 1Sam 1:16; Prov 12:16; Prov 17:25; Prov 21:19; Prov 27:3; Eccl 7:9.
2. vexation, anger of Yahweh (caused especially by worship of other gods) 1Kgs 15:30; 1Kgs 21:22; 2Kgs 23:26 עִמָּנוּ ׳כ Ps 85:5* anger (of Yahweh) with us; בָּנָיו ׳כ Deut 32:19 anger against his sons, אוֺיֵב ׳כ vDeut 32:27 anger against the enemy (both object genitive see Di; RV provocation of, compare Dr); קָרְבָּנָם ׳כ Ezek 20:28 provocation of their offering (so RV but Co strike out, rightly).
3. vexation, grief Ps 6:8*; Ps 10:14; Ps 31:10*; Eccl 1:18; Eccl 2:23; Eccl 7:3; Eccl 11:10, also כעס Eccl 5:16* accusative Ew aI.
כַּ֫עַשׂ noun masculine (dialectic variation of כַּעַם, only in Job); — ׳כ Job 17:7, כָּ֑עָשׂ Job 5:2 suffix כַּעְשִׂי Job 6:2 כַּעַשְׂךָ Job 10:17 —
1. vexation, grief of men Job 5:2 (compare Prov 12:16; Prov 27:3), Prov 6:2; Prov 17:7.
2. vexation, anger, of God; with כַּעַשְׂךָ עִמָּדִי Job 10:17 thine anger with me.
כַּף see below כפף.
Brown-Driver-Briggs References
| Book | Refs |
|---|---|
| Deuteronomy | 32:19 · 32:27 |
| 1 Samuel | 1:6 · 1:16 |
| 1 Kings | 15:30 · 21:22 |
| 2 Kings | 23:26 |
| Job | 5:2 · 6:2 · 10:17 · 17:7 |
| Psalms | 6:8* · 10:14 · 31:10* · 85:5* |
| Proverbs | 6:2 · 12:16 · 17:7 · 17:25 · 21:19 · 27:3 |
| Ecclesiastes | 1:18 · 2:23 · 5:16* · 7:3 · 7:9 · 11:10 |
| Ezekiel | 20:28 |