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2 Chronicles 16:10

“Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people the same time.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

כַּעַסkaʻaç · kaw-as'
H3707 · Hebrew
Definition
to trouble; by implication, to grieve, rage, be indignant
Derivation
a primitive root;
KJV renderings
be angry, be grieved, take indignation, provoke (to anger, unto wrath), have sorrow, vex, be wroth.
Grammar
  • וַ — conjunction
  • יִּכְעַ֨ס — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
Code HC/Vqw3ms
Usage
Occurs 55 times in the Hebrew Bible.Deuteronomy 4:25Deuteronomy 9:18Deuteronomy 31:29Deuteronomy 32:16Deuteronomy 32:21

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read כַּעַס here.

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.