כָּעַס (ka.as) means “to provoke” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: kaw-as' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
כָּעַס · ka.as · 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
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a primitive root; to trouble; by implication, to grieve, rage, be indignant
KJV glosses: be angry, be grieved, take indignation, provoke (to anger, unto wrath), have sorrow, vex, be wroth.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| provoking | 5 |
| provoke me to anger | 4 |
| provoking him to anger | 4 |
| and provoking him to anger | 2 |
| they enraged him | 2 |
| they might provoke me to anger | 2 |
| to provoke | 2 |
| to provoke him to anger | 2 |
| to provoke me to anger | 2 |
| and be grieved | 1 |
| and because he had provoked | 1 |
| and filled with indignation | 1 |
| and have provoked me | 1 |
| and provoked | 1 |
| and so he provoked | 1 |
| and to provoke me to anger | 1 |
| anger | 1 |
| angry | 1 |
| have they provoked me to anger | 1 |
| her rival taunted her | 1 |
| i will make them angry | 1 |
| i will trouble | 1 |
| provoke me | 1 |
| provoked | 1 |
| provoked me to anger | 1 |
| provoking me to anger | 1 |
| so they provoked the lord to anger | 1 |
| they are provoking | 1 |
| they have enraged me | 1 |
| they have provoked | 1 |
| they provoked me to anger | 1 |
| to taunt her | 1 |
| was angry | 1 |
| who had provoked the lord to anger | 1 |
| why are you provoking me to anger | 1 |
| you have provoked | 1 |
| you have provoked me to anger | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| to anger | 13 |
| to provoke me to anger | 7 |
| to provoke him to anger | 5 |
| that they might provoke me to anger | 2 |
| against themselves to provoke me to anger | 1 |
| also provoked | 1 |
| and be grieved | 1 |
| and provoked to anger | 1 |
| and will be no more angry | 1 |
| do they provoke me to anger | 1 |
| for they provoked him to anger | 1 |
| had provoked | 1 |
| have only provoked me to anger | 1 |
| him and provoked to anger | 1 |
| i will also vex | 1 |
| i will provoke them to anger | 1 |
| in her why have they provoked me to anger | 1 |
| in provoking him to anger | 1 |
| in that ye provoke me unto wrath | 1 |
| indignation | 1 |
| me to anger | 1 |
| provoked they him to anger | 1 |
| so she provoked | 1 |
| sorrow | 1 |
| that provoketh me to anger | 1 |
| that they may provoke me to anger | 1 |
| that ye might provoke me to anger | 1 |
| them and provoke me not to anger | 1 |
| they have provoked me to anger | 1 |
| to be angry | 1 |
| was wroth | 1 |
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After you have children and grandchildren and you have been in the land a long time, if you then act corruptly and make an idol of any form—doing evil in the sight of the LORD your God and provoking Him to anger—
Read word by wordThen I fell down before the LORD for forty days and forty nights, as I had done the first time. I did not eat bread or drink water because of all the sin you had committed in doing what was evil in the sight of the LORD and provoking Him to anger.
Read word by wordFor I know that after my death you will become utterly corrupt and turn from the path I have commanded you. And in the days to come, disaster will befall you because you will do evil in the sight of the LORD to provoke Him to anger by the work of your hands.”
Read word by wordThey provoked His jealousy with foreign gods; they enraged Him with abominations.
Read word by wordThey have provoked My jealousy by that which is not God; they have enraged Me with their worthless idols. So I will make them jealous by those who are not a people; I will make them angry by a nation without understanding.
Read word by wordThus they forsook the LORD, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt, and they followed after various gods of the peoples around them. They bowed down to them and provoked the LORD to anger,
Read word by wordBecause the LORD had closed Hannah’s womb, her rival would provoke her viciously to taunt her.
Read word by wordAnd this went on year after year. Whenever Hannah went up to the house of the LORD, her rival taunted her until she wept and would not eat.
Read word by wordYou 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.
Read word by wordFor the LORD will strike Israel as a reed is shaken in the water. He will uproot Israel from this good land that He gave their fathers, and He will scatter them beyond the Euphrates, because they have made their Asherah poles, provoking the LORD to anger.
Read word by wordbecause 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.
Read word by word“Even though I lifted you out of the dust and made you ruler over My people Israel, you have walked in the way of Jeroboam and have caused My people Israel to sin and to provoke Me to anger by their sins.
Read word by wordMoreover, the word of the LORD came through the prophet Jehu son of Hanani against Baasha and his house, because of all the evil he had done in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger with the work of his hands and becoming like the house of Jeroboam, and also because Baasha had struck down the house of Jeroboam.
Read word by wordThis happened because of all the sins Baasha and his son Elah had committed and had caused Israel to commit, provoking the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger with their worthless idols.
Read word by wordFor he walked in all the ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat and in his sins, which he caused Israel to commit, provoking the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger with their worthless idols.
Read word by wordThen he set up an Asherah pole. Thus Ahab did more to provoke the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger than all the kings of Israel before him.
Read word by wordI 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.’
Read word by wordAhaziah served and worshiped Baal, provoking the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger, just as his father had done.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 22.54
They burned incense on all the high places like the nations that the LORD had driven out before them. They did wicked things, provoking the LORD to anger.
Read word by wordThey sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire and practiced divination and soothsaying. They devoted themselves to doing evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.
Read word by wordHe sacrificed his own son in the fire, practiced sorcery and divination, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.
Read word by wordbecause 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.’”
Read word by wordbecause they have forsaken Me and burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke Me to anger with all the works of their hands. My wrath will be kindled against this place and will not be quenched.’
Read word by wordJust as Josiah had done at Bethel, so also in the cities of Samaria he removed all the shrines of the high places set up by the kings of Israel who had provoked the LORD to anger.
Read word by wordNevertheless, 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.
Read word by wordAsa was angry with the seer and became so enraged over this matter that he put the man in prison. And at the same time Asa oppressed some of the people.
Read word by wordIn every city of Judah he built high places to offer incense to other gods, and so he provoked the LORD, the God of his fathers.
Read word by wordHe sacrificed his sons in the fire in the Valley of Ben-hinnom. He practiced sorcery, divination, and witchcraft, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.
Read word by wordbecause they have forsaken Me and burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke Me to anger with all the works of their hands. My wrath will be poured out upon this place and will not be quenched.’
Read word by wordNow when Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he was furious and filled with indignation. He ridiculed the Jews
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 3.33
Do not cover up their iniquity or let their sin be blotted out from Your sight, for they have provoked the builders.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 3.37
They enraged Him with their high places and provoked His jealousy with their idols.
Read word by wordSo they provoked the LORD to anger with their deeds, and a plague broke out among them.
Read word by wordThe wicked man will see and be grieved; he will gnash his teeth and waste away; the desires of the wicked will perish.
Read word by wordMoreover, all his days he eats in darkness, with much sorrow, sickness, and anger.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 5.16
Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool.
Read word by wordto a people who continually provoke Me to My face, sacrificing in the gardens and burning incense on altars of brick,
Read word by wordThe sons gather wood, the fathers light the fire, and the women knead the dough to make cakes for the Queen of Heaven; they pour out drink offerings to other gods to provoke Me to anger.
Read word by wordBut am I the One they are provoking? declares the LORD. Is it not themselves they spite, to their own shame?
Read word by wordListen to the cry of the daughter of my people from a land far away: “Is the LORD no longer in Zion? Is her King no longer there?” “Why have they provoked Me to anger with their carved images, with their worthless foreign idols?”
Read word by wordThe LORD of Hosts, who planted you, has decreed disaster against you on account of the evil that the house of Israel and the house of Judah have brought upon themselves, provoking Me to anger by burning incense to Baal.”
Read word by wordDo not follow other gods to serve and worship them, and do not provoke Me to anger with the works of your hands. Then I will do you no harm.’
Read word by word‘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.’
Read word by wordAnd the Chaldeans who are fighting against this city will come in, set it on fire, and burn it, along with the houses of those who provoked Me to anger by burning incense to Baal on their rooftops and by pouring out drink offerings to other gods.
Read word by wordFor the children of Israel and of Judah have done nothing but evil in My sight from their youth; indeed, they have done nothing but provoke Me to anger by the work of their hands, declares the LORD.
Read word by wordbecause of all the evil the children of Israel and of Judah have done to provoke Me to anger—they, their kings, their officials, their priests and prophets, the men of Judah, and the residents of Jerusalem.
Read word by wordbecause of the evil they have done. They provoked Me to anger by continuing to burn incense and to serve other gods that neither they nor you nor your fathers ever knew.
Read word by wordWhy are you provoking Me to anger by the work of your hands by burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt, where you have gone to reside? As a result, you will be cut off and will become an object of cursing and reproach among all the nations of the earth.
Read word by word“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see this? Is it not enough for the house of Judah to commit the abominations they are practicing here, that they must also fill the land with violence and continually provoke Me to anger? Look, they are even putting the branch to their nose!
Read word by wordYou prostituted yourself with your lustful neighbors, the Egyptians, and increased your promiscuity to provoke Me to anger.
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