קָצַף
qâtsaph · kaw-tsaf'
to crack off, i.e. (figuratively) burst out in rage
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to crack off, i.e. (figuratively) burst out in rage
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (be) anger(-ry), displease, fret self, (provoke to) wrath (come), be wroth.
Letters
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
what comes behind, the returning cycle › to pursue the straight path › to speak, the word
What comes behind, the returning cycle that works to pursue the straight path that works to speak, the word.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of קָצַף 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
34 occurrences · 34 OT · 0 NT · 30 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- was wroth7 · 20%
- to wrath3 · 9%
- were wroth3 · 9%
- wroth3 · 9%
- displeased3 · 9%
- and lest wrath1 · 3%
- and he was angry1 · 3%
- and wilt thou be wroth1 · 3%
- and was wroth1 · 3%
- ye provoked1 · 3%
- he will be wroth1 · 3%
- they angered1 · 3%
- be angry1 · 3%
- they shall fret1 · 3%
- i was wroth1 · 3%
- that i would not be wroth1 · 3%
- was i wroth1 · 3%
- me, and was wroth1 · 3%
- behold, thou art wroth1 · 3%
- be not wroth1 · 3%
- provoked me to wrath1 · 3%
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.