Strong’s H3707 · Hebrew

כַּעַס
kaʻaç
kaw-as'

Definition

to trouble; by implication, to grieve, rage, be indignant

Etymology

a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

  • be angry
  • be grieved
  • take indignation
  • provoke (to anger
  • unto wrath)
  • have sorrow
  • vex
  • be wroth

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.