Lexical Definition

‎קֶצֶף‎ qetseph (keh'-tsef) wrath ^H:N-M
from ‎קָצַף‎

foam, indignation, [idiom] sore, wrath.

• a splinter (as chipped off)
• figuratively, rage or strife

1) wrath, anger
1a) of God
1b) of man
2) splinter, twig, broken twig
2a) meaning dubious

See Greek: ἁμάρτημα · θυμός · ὀργή · ὁρμή · παροξυσμός · παροργισμός · φρύγανον

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎קֶ֫צֶף‎ noun masculine^{2Kgs 3:27} wrath — absolute ‎׳‎‎ק‎ Num 1:53 +; ‎קָ֑צֶף‎ Josh 22:20 +; construct ‎קֶצֶף‎ Jer 50:13 +; suffix ‎קִצְפִּי‎ Isa 60:10 ‎קֶצְפְּךָ‎ Ps 38:2*, ‎קִצְפֶּ֑ךָ‎ Ps 102:11*, ‎קִצְפּוֺ‎ Jer 10:10-

1. of God: absolute Num 17:11* (P), Deut 29:27*; Isa 60:10; Jer 10:10; Jer 21:5; Jer 32:37; Jer 50:13; Ps 38:2*; Ps 102:11*; Zech 7:12 with ‎עַל‎ against Num 1:53; Num 18:5; Josh 9:20; Josh 22:20 (P), 2Kgs 3:27; 1Chr 27:24; 2Chr 19:2; 2Chr 19:10; 2Chr 24:18; 2Chr 29:8; 2Chr 32:25; 2Chr 32:26; Isa 34:2; Zech 1:2; Zech 1:15 ‎׳‎‎בְּשֶׁצֶף ק‎Isa 54:3.

2. of man (late), Esth 1:18; Eccl 5:16*.—Hos 10:7 see II. ‎קֶצֶף‎.

II. ‎קֶ֫צֶף‎ noun [masculine] probably splinter-only ‎׳‎‎כְּק‎ ‎עַלפְּֿנֵימָֿ֑יִם‎ Hos 10:7 (simile of helpless king).

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