כַּעַס kaʻaç

Meaning

vexation

In the King James Version: anger, angry, grief, indignation, provocation, provoking, [idiom] sore, sorrow, spite, wrath.

Derivation: or (in Job) כַּעַשׂ; from H3707 (כַּעַס);

Where it is used

• Deuteronomy 32:19 When the LORD saw this, He rejected them, provoked to anger by His sons and daughters.
• Deuteronomy 32:27 if I had not dreaded the taunt of the enemy, lest their adversaries misunderstand and say: ‘Our own hand has prevailed; it was not the LORD who did all this.’”
• 1 Samuel 1:6 Because the LORD had closed Hannah’s womb, her rival would provoke her viciously to taunt her.
• 1 Samuel 1:16 Do not take your servant for a wicked woman, for all this time I have been praying out of the depth of my anguish and grief.”
• 1 Kings 15:30 because of the sins Jeroboam had committed and had caused Israel to commit, and because he had provoked the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger.
• 1 Kings 21:22 I will make your house like that of Jeroboam son of Nebat and like that of Baasha son of Ahijah, because you have provoked My anger and caused Israel to sin.’
• 2 Kings 23:26 Nevertheless, the LORD did not turn away from the fury of His burning anger, which was kindled against Judah because of all that Manasseh had done to provoke Him to anger.
• Job 5:2 For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.
• Job 6:2 “If only my grief could be weighed and placed with my calamity on the scales.
• Job 10:17 You produce new witnesses against me and multiply Your anger toward me. Hardships assault me in wave after wave.
• Job 17:7 My eyes have grown dim with grief, and my whole body is but a shadow.
• Psalms 6:7 My eyes fail from grief; they grow dim because of all my foes.
• Psalms 10:14 But You have regarded trouble and grief; You see to repay it by Your hand. The victim entrusts himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.
• Psalms 31:9 Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eyes fail from sorrow, my soul and body as well.
• Psalms 85:4 Restore us, O God of our salvation, and put away Your displeasure toward us.
• Proverbs 12:16 A fool’s anger is known at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.
• Proverbs 17:25 A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.
• Proverbs 21:19 Better to live in the desert than with a contentious and ill-tempered wife.
• Proverbs 27:3 A stone is heavy and sand is a burden, but aggravation from a fool outweighs them both.
• Ecclesiastes 1:18 For with much wisdom comes much sorrow, and as knowledge grows, grief increases.
• Ecclesiastes 2:23 Indeed, all his days are filled with grief, and his task is sorrowful; even at night, his mind does not rest. This too is futile.
• Ecclesiastes 7:3 Sorrow is better than laughter, for a sad countenance is good for the heart.
• Ecclesiastes 7:9 Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool.
• Ecclesiastes 11:10 So banish sorrow from your heart, and cast off pain from your body, for youth and vigor are fleeting.
• Ezekiel 20:28 When I brought them into the land that I swore to give them and they saw any high hill or leafy tree, there they offered their sacrifices, presented offerings that provoked Me, sent up their fragrant incense, and poured out their drink offerings.