Strong H37082 sensesכַּ֫עַס

The 2 senses of Strong H3708

The lexicon tells 2 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H3708 appears in 25 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

1. anger, vexationH3708A21 verses · 8 books
2. anger, vexation, provocation, griefכַּ֫עַשׂH3708B4 verses · Job

General definition

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

• grief7
• provocation4
• wrath4
• sorrow3
• anger2
• angry1
• indignation1
• provoking1
• sore1
• spite1

First verses

1. Deuteronomy 32:19
   And when the Lord saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters.
2. Deuteronomy 32:27
   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.
3. 1 Samuel 1:6
   And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the Lord had shut up her womb.
4. 1 Samuel 1:16
   Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto.
5. 1 Kings 15:30
   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.
6. 1 Kings 21:22
   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.
7. 2 Kings 23:26
   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.
8. Job 5:2
   For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
9. Job 6:2
   Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!
10. Job 10:17
    Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me.
11. Job 17:7
    Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.
12. Psalms 6:7
    Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies.
13. Psalms 10:14
    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.
14. Psalms 31:9
    Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.
15. Psalms 85:4
    Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease.
16. Proverbs 12:16
    A fool’s wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame.
17. Proverbs 17:25
    A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
18. Proverbs 21:19
    It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
19. Proverbs 27:3
    A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath is heavier than them both.
20. Ecclesiastes 1:18
    For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.