Be angry
קָצַףStrong’s H7107qatsaph (qa-tsaph)
Appears in 32 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Qatsaph is the Hebrew word usually translated “was angry”, “angry” and “provoked to anger”. It appears in 32 verses of the Old Testament.
“The LORD hath been sore displeased with your fathers.”
Meaning
- To be displeased, be angry, fret oneself, be wroth(Qal) to be wroth, to be full of wrath, to be furious · (Hiphil) to provoke to wrath or anger · (Hithpael) to put oneself in a rage, anger oneself
How it's translated
- and he was angry 8
- he was angry 4
- i was angry 3
- he will be angry 2
- you provoked to anger 2
- and they were angry 2
- will you be angry 1
- provoking to anger 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Isaiah 7
- Deuteronomy 5
- Zechariah 3
- Genesis 2
- Leviticus 2
- Numbers 2
15 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Zechariah 1:15In contextAnd I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction.
- Zechariah 8:14In contextFor thus saith the LORD of hosts; As I thought to punish you, when your fathers provoked me to wrath, saith the LORD of hosts, and I repented not:
- Genesis 40:2And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers.
- Genesis 41:10Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the captain of the guard’s house, both me and the chief baker:
- Exodus 16:20Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses; but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and stank: and Moses was wroth with them.
- Leviticus 10:6And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons, Uncover not your heads, neither rend your clothes; lest ye die, and lest wrath come upon all the people: but let your brethren, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which the LORD hath kindled.
All 32 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
קָצַף qatsaph · be angry
1) to be displeased, be angry, fret oneself, be wroth 1a) (Qal) to be wroth, to be full of wrath, to be furious 1b) (Hiphil) to provoke to wrath or anger 1c) (Hithpael) to put oneself in a rage, anger oneself Aramaic equivalent: qe.tsaph (קְצַף "be angry" H7108)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “angry” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
AN'GRY, adjective
[See anger.]
- Feeling resentment; provoked; followed generally by with before a person.“God is angry with the wicked every day” Psalms 7:11“Wherefore should God be angry at thy voice?” Ecclesiastes 5:6
- Showing anger; wearing the marks of anger; caused by anger; as, an angry countenance; angry words.
- Inflamed, as a sore; red; manifesting inflammation.
- Raging; furious; tumultuous.
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.