כַּעַס
kaʻaç · kah'-as
vexation
Lexicon
Derivation: or (in Job) כַּעַשׂ; from H3707 (כַּעַס);
vexation
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: anger, angry, grief, indignation, provocation, provoking, [idiom] sore, sorrow, spite, wrath.
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
25 occurrences · 25 OT · 0 NT · 24 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- wrath2 · 8%
- grief2 · 8%
- sorrow2 · 8%
- them, because of the provoking1 · 4%
- the wrath1 · 4%
- her sore1 · 4%
- and grief1 · 4%
- by his provocation1 · 4%
- for the provocation1 · 4%
- because of all the provocations1 · 4%
- for wrath1 · 4%
- my grief1 · 4%
- thine indignation1 · 4%
- by reason of sorrow1 · 4%
- because of grief1 · 4%
- and spite1 · 4%
- with grief1 · 4%
- and cause thine anger1 · 4%
- is a grief1 · 4%
- and an angry1 · 4%
- for anger1 · 4%
- the provocation1 · 4%
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.