H3707

כָּעַס

ka.asH:V

to provoke

1) 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

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

כָּעַס verb be vexed, angry (Late Hebrew כָּעַס, Aramaic כְּעַם (not Syriac)); —

Qal Perfect ׳כ Ps 112:10; Eccl 5:16 Imperfect וַיִּכְעַס Neh 3:33; 2Chr 16:10 1 singular אֶכְעַס Ezek 16:42 Infinitive לִכְעוֺם Eccl 7:9. —

1. be vexed, indignant Ps 112:10; Neh 3:33; Eccl 5:16.

2. be angry Ezek 16:42; Eccl 7:9, with אֶל person 2Chr 16:10. Piel. Perfect 3 feminine singular suffix כִּעֲסַתָּה 1Sam 1:6 3 masculine plural suffix כִּעֲסוּנִי Deut 32:21 provoke to anger.

Hiph`il Perfect הִכְעִיס Hos 12:15; 1Kgs 15:30 suffix הִכְעִיסוֺ 2Kgs 23:26 + 4 t. Perfect; הַכְעִסֵו֯נִי Jer 25:7 (scribal error for תַּכְעִיסוּני according to SS); Imperfect וַיַּכְעֵס 1Kgs 22:54; 2Chr 28:25 3 feminine singular suffix תַּכְעִיסֶנָּה 1Sam 1:7 + 6 t. Imperfect; Infinitive construct הַכְעִיס 1Kgs 16:13 + 5 t.; suffix הַכְעִ(י)סֵנִי Jer 7:18 + 11 t., + 6 t. suffixes; Participle plural מַכְעִיסִים Jer 7:19 + 4 t. —

1. vex, with accusative pers 1Sam 1:7; Ezek 32:9.

2. vex, provoke to anger, especially of provoking Yahweh by workship of other gods Judg 2:12; Judg 1:9; Judg 14:15; Judg 16:33; Judg 22:54; 2Kgs 17:11; 2Kgs 23:19; 2Chr 28:25; Neh 3:37; Jer 7:18; Jer 7:19; Jer 11:17; Jer 32:29; Jer 32:32; Jer 44:3; Ezek 8:17; Ezek 16:26; Isa 65:3; Hos 12:15 with בּ instrumental בְּתוֺעֵבֹת Deut 32:16 בְּהַבְלֵיהֶם Deut 32:21; 1Kgs 16:13; 1Kgs 16:26 בחטאתם 1Kgs 16:2 במעשׂ(י) יד(יוׅ Deut 31:29; 1Kgs 16:7; Jer 25:6; Jer 25:7; Jer 32:30; Jer 44:8 בכל מעשׂ(ה) ידיהם 2Kgs 22:17 = 2Chr 34:25 בבמות Ps 78:58 בפסיליהם Jer 8:19 במעלליהם Ps 106:29 compare the phrases להכעיס(וׅ ׳עשׂה הרע(ה) בעיני י do the evil in the eyes of Yahweh to provoke (him) to anger Deut 4:25; Deut 9:18; Deut 31:29; 1Kgs 16:7; 2Kgs 17:17; 2Kgs 21:6 = 2Chr 33:6 so מכעסים 2Kgs 21:15; Jer 32:30 אשׁר הכעיס כעס (יםׅ 1Kgs 15:30; 1Kgs 21:22; 2Kgs 23:26. — The phrase is characteristic of D Jeremiah and the compiler of Kings; see Dr^{Intr 191}; Deut 4:25 Holz^{eini. Hexateuch 287}.

47 occurrences

Deuteronomy (5), Judges (1), I Samuel (2), I Kings (9), II Kings (6), II Chronicles (4), Psalms (3), Ecclesiastes (1), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (11), Ezekiel (4)