Strong's Hebrew · H3708
H3708 kaʻaç
כַּעַס
kah'-as
vexation
Looking for Greek G3708 horáō? It has the same number in Strong's Greek lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of H3708. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.
kaʻaç appears 26 times in Scripture, including Deuteronomy 32:19 and 1 Samuel 1:6. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
vexation
In the King James Version
anger, angry, grief, indignation, provocation, provoking, × sore, sorrow, spite, wrath.
Derivation
or (in Job) כַּעַשׂ; from H3707 (כַּעַס);
Appears 26 times in Scripture
“Sorrow is better than laughter, for a sad countenance is good for the heart.”
“But You have regarded trouble and grief; You see to repay it by Your hand. The victim entrusts himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.”
“Because the LORD had closed Hannah’s womb, her rival would provoke her viciously to taunt her.”
“if I had not dreaded the taunt of the enemy, lest their adversaries misunderstand and say: ‘Our own hand has prevailed; it was not the LORD who did all this.’””
“Nevertheless, the LORD did not turn away from the fury of His burning anger, which was kindled against Judah because of all that Manasseh had done to provoke Him to anger.”
“I will make your house like that of Jeroboam son of Nebat and like that of Baasha son of Ahijah, because you have provoked My anger and caused Israel to sin.’”
“When I brought them into the land that I swore to give them and they saw any high hill or leafy tree, there they offered their sacrifices, presented offerings that provoked Me, sent up their fragrant incense, and poured out their drink offerings.”
“When the LORD saw this, He rejected them, provoked to anger by His sons and daughters.”
“Do not take your servant for a wicked woman, for all this time I have been praying out of the depth of my anguish and grief.””
“because of the sins Jeroboam had committed and had caused Israel to commit, and because he had provoked the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
