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# כָּעַס

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H3707

**be vexed** — used 54 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

be vexed [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3707/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

כָּעַס: vb. be vexed, angry [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3707/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be vexed, angry (NH כָּעַס, Aramaic כְּעַס (not Syriac));— Pf. כ׳ ψ 112:10 Ec 5:16; Impf. וַיִּכְעַס Ne 3:33 2 Ch 16:10; 1 s. אֶכְעַס Ez 16:42; Inf. לִכְעוֹס Ec 7:9.— be vexed, indignant ψ 112:10 Ne 3:33 Ec 5:16. be angry Ez 16:42 Ec 7:9, c. אֶל pers. 2 Ch 16:10. Pf. 3 fs. sf. כִּעֲסַתָּה 1 S 1:6; 3 mpl. sf. כִּעֲסוּנִי Dt 32:21 angered (בְּהַבְלֵיהֶם). Pf. הִכְעִיס Ho 12:15 1 K 15:30; sf. הִכְעִיסוֹ 2 K 23:26 + 4 times Pf.; הַכְעִסֵו֯נִי Je 25:7; (scribal error for תַּכְעִיסוּני according to SS); Impf. וַיַּכְעֵס 1 K 22:54 2 Ch 28:25; 3 fs. sf. תַּכְעִיסֶנָּה 1 S 1:7 + 6 times Impf.; Inf. cstr. הַכְעִיס 1 K 16:13 + 5 times; sf. הַכְעִ(י)סֵנִי Je 7:18 + 11 times, + 6 times sfs.; Pt. pl. מַכְעִיסִים Je 7:19 + 4 times— vex, c. acc. pers. 1 S 1:7 Ez 32:9. vex, provoke to anger, especially of provoking Yahweh by worship of other gods Ju 2:12 1 K 14:9, 15; 16:33; 22:54 2 K 17:11; 23:19 2 Ch 28:25 Ne 3:37 Je 7:18, 19; 11:17; 32:29, 32; 44:3 Ez 8:17; 16:26 Is 65:3 Ho 12:15; c. בּ instr. בְּתוֹעֵבֹת Dt 32:16; בְּגוֹי נָבָל Dt 32:21 1 K 16:13, 26; בחטאתם 1 K 16:2; במעשׂ(י) יד(יו) Dt 31:29 1 K 16:7 Je 25:6, 7; 32:30; 44:8; בכל מעשׂ(ה) ידיהם 2 K 22:17 = 2 Ch 34:25; בבמות ψ 78:58; בפסיליהם Je 8:19; במעלליהם ψ 106:29; cf. the phrases עשׂה הרע(ה) בעיני י׳ להכעיס(ו) do the evil in the eyes of Yahweh to provoke (him) to anger Dt 4:25; 9:18; 31:29 1 K 16:7 2 K 17:17; 21:6 = 2 Ch 33:6; so מכעסים 2 K 21:15 Je 32:30; כעס(ים) אשׁר הכעיס 1 K 15:30; 21:22 2 K 23:26.—The phrase is characteristic of D Je and the compiler of Kings; see DrIntr. 191; Dt 4:25 HolzEinl. Hex. 287.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 53 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: provoke (13); to (5); provoke to anger (4).

## In the verses

[Deuteronomy 32:16](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.32.16/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.32.16/#tree)

יַקְנִאֻ֖הוּ בְּזָרִ֑ים בְּתוֹעֵבֹ֖ת יַכְעִיסֻֽהוּ׃

*Word for word:* they made.him.jealous by strange.\[gods\] by abominations they provoked.him.to.anger

*JPS 1917:* They roused Him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations did they provoke Him.

[Psalms 106:29](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.106.29/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.106.29/#tree)

וַ֭יַּכְעִיסוּ בְּמַֽעַלְלֵיהֶ֑ם וַתִּפְרָץ־בָּ֝ם֗ מַגֵּפָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and they.provoked.\[him\].to.anger by deeds their and it.broke.out among them a.plague

*JPS 1917:* Thus they provoked Him with their doings, and the plague broke in upon them.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3707.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3707/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).