כָּעַס
ka.as
“to provoke”
Definition
to trouble; by implication, to grieve, rage, be indignant
a primitive root;
- to be angry, be vexed, be indignant, be wroth, be grieved, provoke to anger and wrath 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be vexed, be indignant 1a2) to be angry 1b) (Piel) to provoke to anger 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to vex 1c2) to vex, provoke to anger
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Grammar & Morphology
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Occurrences
כָּעַס appears 48 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
You have done more evil than all who came before you. You have proceeded to make for yourself other gods and molten images to provoke Me, and you have flung Me behind your back.
Because the LORD had closed Hannah’s womb, her rival would provoke her and taunt her viciously.
because they have done evil in My sight and have provoked Me to anger from the day their fathers came out of Egypt until this day.’”
Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit,for anger settles in the lap of a fool.
‘But to your own harm, you have not listened to Me,’ declares the LORD, ‘so you have provoked Me to anger with the works of your hands.’
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