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Vexed

זָעֵףStrong’s H2198

zaeph (za-eph)

Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Zaeph is the Hebrew word usually translated “furious”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.

“And the king of Israel went to his house heavy and displeased, and came to Samaria.”
1 Kings 20:43 KJV
Meaning
  1. Angry, raging, out of humour, vexed
How it's translated
  • and furious 2

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • 1 Kings 2

1 book in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

זָעֵף zaeph · vexed

angry, raging, out of humour, vexed

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “vexed” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

VEX'ED, participle passive

Teased; provoked; irritated; troubled; agitated; disquieted; afflicted.

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.