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

Extended Information

• anger, vexation
• Also means: ka.as (‎כ‎ַּ֫‎ע‎ַ‎ש‎ׂ "vexation" כַּעַס)

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.

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