כָּעַס kaas

Hebrew word for “to provoke” · Strong’s H3707 · used 54 times in 53 verses

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Meaning

1) to be angry, be vexed, be indignant, be wroth, be grieved, provoke to anger and wrath;

How it is translated

Glosses given for kaas in context, with how often each is used:

• provoke to anger 22
• provoked to anger 6
• provoking to anger 4
• have provoked to anger 3
• provoked 3
• angry 2
• will be angry 2
• will provoke to anger 1
• provoke him to anger 1
• provoke anger 1
• had provoked to anger 1
• vexed 1

Where it is used

Also in 1 more book.

Chapters where it is used most

1 Kings 16 (5), Jeremiah 32 (3), Deuteronomy 32 (2), 1 Samuel 1 (2), 1 Kings 14 (2), 2 Kings 17 (2), 2 Kings 21 (2), 2 Kings 23 (2), Nehemiah 4 (2), Jeremiah 7 (2)

Forms

• להכעיסו 6
• להכעיס 6
• להכעיסני 4
• ויכעס 4
• להכעסני 4
• מכעסים 3
• הכעיסני 3
• הכעיס 2
• הכעיסו 2
• וכעס 2

Words used with it

Words that share verses with kaas more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• רַע ra “bad” 14
• אַחֵר acher “another” 10
• קָטַר qatar “to offer” 9
• מַעֲשֶׂה maaseh “deed” 9
• כַּעַס kaas “vexation” 5
• מַעַן maan “because” 7
• עַיִן ayin “eye” 9
• חָטָא chata “to sin” 6
• יָרָבְעָם yarovam “Jeroboam” 5
• חַטָּאת chattat “sin” 6
• הֶבֶל hevel “vanity” 4
• נָחַשׁ nachash “to divine” 3

Key verses

The verses using kaas that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Deuteronomy 31:29 — For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the…
• Deuteronomy 32:16 — They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger.
• Deuteronomy 32:21 — They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those…
• 1 Kings 14:9 — But hast done evil above all that were before thee: for thou hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me…
• 2 Kings 17:17 — And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of…
• 2 Kings 21:6 — And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought much wickedness…
• 2 Kings 22:17 — Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my…
• 2 Chronicles 16:10 — Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people the…
• 2 Chronicles 33:6 — And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and…
• Psalms 78:58 — For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.
• Jeremiah 7:18 — The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink…
• Ezekiel 8:17 — Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here?…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.