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Proverbs 17:25
“A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
כַּעַסkaʻaç · kah'-as
H3708 · Hebrew
H3708 · Hebrew
- Definition
- vexation
- Derivation
- or (in Job) כַּעַשׂ; from H3707 (כַּעַס);
- KJV renderings
- anger, angry, grief, indignation, provocation, provoking, [idiom] sore, sorrow, spite, wrath.
- Grammar
- כַּ֣עַס — common noun, masculine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 25 times in the Hebrew Bible.Deuteronomy 32:19Deuteronomy 32:271 Samuel 1:61 Samuel 1:161 Kings 15:30
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.
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.