כַּעַס
kaʻaç · kaw-as'
to trouble; by implication, to grieve, rage, be indignant
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to trouble; by implication, to grieve, rage, be indignant
- to trouble
- by implication, to grieve, rage, be indignant
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: be angry, be grieved, take indignation, provoke (to anger, unto wrath), have sorrow, vex, be wroth.
Letters
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
- Concrete
- pillar · prop · thorn
- Extended
- to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the open hand that covers › to see and know › to support and uphold
The open hand that covers that works to see and know that works to support and uphold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of כַּעַס above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
54 occurrences · 54 OT · 0 NT · 45 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- to anger7 · 16%
- to provoke me to anger7 · 16%
- to provoke him to anger6 · 14%
- that they might provoke me to anger2 · 5%
- provoked they him to anger1 · 2%
- they have provoked me to anger1 · 2%
- i will provoke them to anger1 · 2%
- also provoked1 · 2%
- so she provoked1 · 2%
- in provoking him to anger1 · 2%
- wherewith thou hast provoked me to anger1 · 2%
- him, and provoked to anger1 · 2%
- me to anger1 · 2%
- to provoke the lord to anger1 · 2%
- had provoked1 · 2%
- was wroth1 · 2%
- and provoked to anger1 · 2%
- indignation1 · 2%
- thee: for they have provoked thee to anger1 · 2%
- for they provoked him to anger1 · 2%
- thus they provoked him to anger1 · 2%
- it, and be grieved1 · 2%
- sorrow1 · 2%
- to be angry1 · 2%
- that provoketh me to anger1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.