Lexical Definition

‎קָצַף‎ qâtsaph (kaw-tsaf') be angry ^H:V
a primitive root

(be) anger(-ry), displease, fret self, (provoke to) wrath (come), be wroth.

• to crack off, i.e. (figuratively) burst out in rage

1) to be displeased, be angry, fret oneself, be wroth
1a) (Qal) to be wroth, to be full of wrath, to be furious
1b) (Hiphil) to provoke to wrath or anger
1c) (Hithpael) to put oneself in a rage, anger oneself

See Greek: θυμός · θυμόω · λυπέω · ὀργή · ὀργή · ὀργίζω · παροξύνω · παροργίζω · πικραίνω

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: qe.tsaph (‎ק‎ְ‎צ‎ַ‎ף‎ "be angry" קְצַף)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎קָצַף‎ verb be wroth (Late Hebrew id., Hiph`il make wrathful (rare); Syriac be wrathful, also be anxious, fearful);-Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎׳‎‎ק‎ Gen 41:10 +, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יִקְצֹף‎ Lev 10:6 +, etc.; Infinitive construct ‎קְצֹף‎ Isa 54:9 Participle ‎קֹצֵף‎ Zech 1:15-be wroth:

1. of God; absolute Deut 1:34; Isa 57:16; Isa 57:17 (twice in verse); Isa 64:4*; Isa 64:8*; Zech 1:15 with ‎עַל‎ against, Lev 10:6; Num 16:22 (P), Deut 9:19; Isa 47:6; Isa 54:9; Lam 5:22; Zech 1:2; Zech 1:15; Eccl 5:5* with ‎אֶל‎ Josh 22:18 (P).

2. of man; absolute Esth 1:12; Esth 2:21; 2Kgs 5:11 with ‎עַל‎ Gen 40:2; Gen 41:10 (E), Exod 16:20; Lev 10:16; Num 31:14 (P), Jer 37:15; 1Sam 29:4; 2Kgs 13:19. Hiph`il Perfect 2 masculine singular ‎הִקְצַפְתָּ‎ Deut 9:7 2 masculine plural ‎הִקְצַפְתֶּם‎ vDeut 9:8 Imperfect 3 masculine plural ‎יַקְצִיפוּ‎ Ps 106:32 Infinitive construct ‎הַקְצִיף‎ Zech 8:14 Participle plural ‎מַקְצִפִים‎ Deut 9:22-provoke to wrath, with accusative ‎׳‎‎י‎ Deut 9:7; Deut 9:8; Deut 9:22; Zech 8:14 so (accusative omitted) Ps 106:32. Hithpa`el put oneself in a rage: Perfect 3 masculine singular consecutive ‎וְהִתְקַצַּף‎ Isa 8:21, of hard-pressed people.

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