קֶצֶףqetseph

קֶ֫צֶף: wrath

Pronunciation: keh'-tsef · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7110

Meanings

1. of God (Numbers 17:11; Deuteronomy 29:27; Isaiah 60:10)

2. of man (Esther 1:18; Ecclesiastes 5:16; Hosea 10:7)

קֶ֫צֶף: probably splinter, (simile of helpless king) (Hosea 10:7)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 29 times in the Bible.

  • Numbers 1:53 But the Levites will camp around the Tabernacle of the Covenant to protect the community of Israel from the Lord’s anger. The Levites are responsible to stand guard around the Tabernacle.”
  • Numbers 16:46 And Moses said to Aaron, “Quick, take an incense burner and place burning coals on it from the altar. Lay incense on it, and carry it out among the people to purify them and make them right with the Lord. The Lord’s anger is blazing against them—the plague has already begun.”
  • Numbers 18:5 “You yourselves must perform the sacred duties inside the sanctuary and at the altar. If you follow these instructions, the Lord’s anger will never again blaze against the people of Israel.
  • Deuteronomy 29:28 In great anger and fury the Lord uprooted his people from their land and banished them to another land, where they still live today!’
  • Joshua 9:20 This is what we must do. We must let them live, for divine anger would come upon us if we broke our oath.
  • Joshua 22:20 Didn’t divine anger fall on the entire community of Israel when Achan, a member of the clan of Zerah, sinned by stealing the things set apart for the Lord? He was not the only one who died because of his sin.”
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).