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כַּעַס H3708

H3708 is the Hebrew word כַּעַס, transliterated kaʻaç and said kah'-as. The King James Version most often renders it grief.

Word: כַּעַסTransliteration: kaʻaçSaid: kah'-asLanguage: HebrewIn the KJV: 25 verses

What it means

vexation.

Where it comes from

or (in Job) כַּעַשׂ; from H3707 (כַּעַס).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 23 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

grief 6×wrath 4×provocation 3×sorrow 2×because of the provoking 1×sore 1×because of all the provocations 1×thine indignation 1×reason of sorrow 1×because of grief 1×spite 1×cause thine anger 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: anger, angry, grief, indignation, provocation, provoking, [idiom] sore, sorrow, spite, wrath.

Verses using כַּעַס

All 25 verses, quoted in full.

Deuteronomy 32:19 · KJV

And when the LORD saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters.

Deuteronomy 32:27 · KJV

Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and the LORD hath not done all this.

1 Samuel 1:6 · KJV

And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb.

1 Samuel 1:16 · KJV

Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto.

1 Kings 15:30 · KJV

Because of the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and which he made Israel sin, by his provocation wherewith he provoked the LORD God of Israel to anger.

1 Kings 21:22 · KJV

And will make thine house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, for the provocation wherewith thou hast provoked me to anger, and made Israel to sin.

2 Kings 23:26 · KJV

Notwithstanding the LORD turned not from the fierceness of his great wrath, wherewith his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provocations that Manasseh had provoked him withal.

Job 5:2 · KJV

For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.

Job 6:2 · KJV

Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!

Job 10:17 · KJV

Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me.

Job 17:7 · KJV

Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.

Psalm 6:7 · KJV

Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies.

Psalm 10:14 · KJV

Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.

Psalm 31:9 · KJV

Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.

Psalm 85:4 · KJV

Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease.

Proverbs 12:16 · KJV

A fool’s wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame.

Proverbs 17:25 · KJV

A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.

Proverbs 21:19 · KJV

It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.

Proverbs 27:3 · KJV

A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath is heavier than them both.

Ecclesiastes 1:18 · KJV

For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

Ecclesiastes 2:23 · KJV

For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.

Ecclesiastes 7:3 · KJV

Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.

Ecclesiastes 7:9 · KJV

Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

Ecclesiastes 11:10 · KJV

Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.

Ezekiel 20:28 · KJV

For when I had brought them into the land, for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to them, then they saw every high hill, and all the thick trees, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the provocation of their offering: there also they made their sweet savour, and poured out there their drink offerings.

Common questions

What does Strong's H3708 mean?

H3708 is the Hebrew word כַּעַס (kaʻaç), meaning vexation.

How is H3708 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it grief (6 times), wrath (4 times), provocation (3 times), sorrow (2 times), because of the provoking (1 time), among others.

How many times does H3708 appear in the Bible?

כַּעַס (kaʻaç) is tagged in 25 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H3708 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: or (in Job) כַּעַשׂ; from H3707 (כַּעַס).

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