קֶ֫צֶף

Numbers 1:53 קֶ֔צֶף wrath

But the Levites are to camp around the tabernacle of the Testimony and watch over it, so that no wrath will fall on the congregation of Israel. So the Levites are responsible for the tabernacle of the Testimony.”

Here: Divine anger in its outbreak: in Numbers it shows up as a lethal plague that 'goes out' against the camp when holy things are encroached on (Num 17:11 [16:46 Eng.]; 18:5).

Numbers 16:46 הַקֶּ֛צֶף <the> wrath

Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer, place fire from the altar in it, and add incense. Go quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them, because wrath has come out from the LORD; the plague has begun.”

Here: Burning anger, here YHWH's, provoked by the people's revolt. With the article it is 'the' wrath, the specific outburst God had threatened in v.45.

Numbers 18:5 קֶ֖צֶף wrath

And you shall attend to the duties of the sanctuary and of the altar, so that wrath may not fall on the Israelites again.

Deuteronomy 29:28 וּבְקֶ֣צֶף and in wrath

The LORD uprooted them from their land in His anger, rage, and great wrath, and He cast them into another land, where they are today.’

Here: 'And in wrath.' A strong word used almost entirely of God's anger breaking out against wrongdoing. It is the third and strongest term in the series.

Joshua 9:20 קֶ֔צֶף wrath

This is how we will treat them: We will let them live, so that no wrath will fall on us because of the oath we swore to them.”

Here: A sudden outbreak of divine anger, usually as a disaster on the whole community such as plague. The text does not say whose wrath it is, but the stock phrase and the oath 'by the LORD' (9:19) make it God's.

Joshua 22:20 קָ֑צֶף anger

Was not Achan son of Zerah unfaithful regarding what was set apart for destruction, bringing wrath upon the whole congregation of Israel? Yet it was not only Achan who perished because of his sin!’”

Here: Divine wrath that breaks out against the community, usually because something holy has been violated. It is not a bad mood. It is a danger, like a plague, that spreads beyond the guilty person.

2 Kings 3:27 קֶצֶף־ wrath

So he took his firstborn son, who was to succeed him, and offered him as a burnt offering on the city wall. And there was great fury against the Israelites, so they withdrew and returned to their own land.

1 Chronicles 27:24 קֶ֖צֶף wrath

Joab son of Zeruiah began to count the men but did not finish. For because of this census wrath came upon Israel, and the number was not entered in the Book of the Chronicles of King David.

2 Chronicles 19:2 קֶּ֔צֶף wrath

Jehu son of Hanani the seer went out to confront him and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the LORD? Because of this, the wrath of the LORD is upon you.

Here: "Wrath": the anger of God as covenant Lord when his people break faith. Chronicles uses it for the consequences that fall on king and people. The same word comes back in 19:10, when Jehoshaphat warns his judges so that "wrath" will not come on them.

2 Chronicles 19:10 קֶ֥צֶף wrath

For every dispute that comes before you from your brothers who dwell in their cities—whether it regards bloodshed or some other violation of law, commandments, statutes, or ordinances—you are to warn them, so that they will not incur guilt before the LORD and wrath will not come upon you and your brothers. Do this, and you will not incur guilt.

2 Chronicles 24:18 קֶ֗צֶף wrath

They abandoned the house of the LORD, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherah poles and idols. So wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this guilt of theirs.

Here: Anger that breaks out, almost always God's. In Chronicles it is anger that falls on the whole community after a violation of what is holy. Here it takes shape in the Aramean invasion of vv. 23–24.

2 Chronicles 29:8 קֶ֣צֶף [the] wrath of

Therefore, the wrath of the LORD has fallen upon Judah and Jerusalem, and He has made them an object of terror, horror, and scorn, as you can see with your own eyes.

2 Chronicles 32:25 קֶ֔צֶף wrath

But because his heart was proud, Hezekiah did not repay the favor shown to him. Therefore wrath came upon him and upon Judah and Jerusalem.

Here: Divine anger that rests on a person or people because of guilt. The verse does not name the one who is angry, but verse 26 calls it 'the wrath of the LORD'. In Chronicles this anger is a judgment that can be turned aside by humbling oneself.

2 Chronicles 32:26 קֶ֣צֶף [the] wrath of

Then Hezekiah humbled the pride of his heart—he and the people of Jerusalem—so that the wrath of the LORD did not come upon them during the days of Hezekiah.

Here: God's anger at covenant guilt. In Chronicles it shows up in history as defeat, plague or exile, not as an inner mood.

Esther 1:18 וָקָֽצֶף׃ and anger

This very day the noble women of Persia and Media who have heard about the queen’s conduct will say the same thing to all the king’s officials, resulting in much contempt and wrath.

Psalm 38:1 בְּקֶצְפְּךָ֥ in anger your

A Psalm of David, for remembrance. O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.

Here: 'In your wrath.' Qetsef is anger that breaks out, often God's anger falling on people as plague or disaster. The phrase comes before the verb for emphasis: 'not in your wrath, not that way.'

Psalm 102:10 וְקִצְפֶּ֑ךָ and wrath your

because of Your indignation and wrath, for You have picked me up and cast me aside.

Here: "And your wrath." A second word for anger, nearly the same as the first. Putting the two together makes the anger feel complete and heavy. In the Bible qetseph is used almost only of God, often as anger that breaks out against his own people (Num 1:53; Deut 29:28).

Ecclesiastes 5:17 וָקָֽצֶף׃ and anger

Moreover, all his days he eats in darkness, with much sorrow, sickness, and anger.

Isaiah 34:2 קֶ֤צֶף wrath

The LORD is angry with all the nations and furious with all their armies. He will devote them to destruction; He will give them over to slaughter.

Isaiah 54:8 קֶ֗צֶף wrath

In a surge of anger I hid My face from you for a moment, but with everlasting kindness I will have compassion on you,” says the LORD your Redeemer.

Here: Hot, provoked anger. It is the usual word for God's anger breaking out against covenant breaking. Together with the word before it, it makes a jingle, be-shetsef qetsef, roughly 'a flood of fury'.

Isaiah 60:10 בְקִצְפִּי֙ in wrath my

Foreigners will rebuild your walls, and their kings will serve you. Although I struck you in anger, yet in favor I will show you mercy.

Here: "In my wrath." A word used almost always of God's anger at covenant breach. Isaiah 54:8 calls this same anger a brief 'surge' lasting 'a moment'.

Jeremiah 10:10 מִקִּצְפּוֹ֙ from wrath his

But the LORD is the true God; He is the living God and eternal King. The earth quakes at His wrath, and the nations cannot endure His indignation.

Here: "From his wrath": the prefix *mi-* means "because of" or "before". *Qetsef* is the anger that breaks out, often a ruler's anger at rebellion. It is placed first in its clause for emphasis.

Jeremiah 21:5 וּבְקֶ֥צֶף and in wrath

And I Myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and a mighty arm, with anger, fury, and great wrath.

Here: A word used almost only of God's wrath as it breaks out against those who have broken faith. It is the third and strongest step of the series.

Jeremiah 32:37 וּבְקֶ֣צֶף and in wrath

I will surely gather My people from all the lands to which I have banished them in My furious anger and great wrath, and I will return them to this place and make them dwell in safety.

Here: 'And in wrath' – a word used mostly of God's anger breaking out against a covenant breach. It is the third term and caps the series.

Jeremiah 50:13 מִקֶּ֤צֶף from [the] wrath of

Because of the wrath of the LORD, she will not be inhabited; she will become completely desolate. All who pass through Babylon will be horrified and will hiss at all her wounds.

Hosea 10:7 כְּקֶ֖צֶף like a twig

Samaria will be carried off with her king like a twig on the surface of the water.

Zechariah 1:2 קָֽצֶף׃ anger

“The LORD was very angry with your fathers.

Zechariah 1:15 וְקֶ֤צֶף and anger

but I am fiercely angry with the nations that are at ease. For I was a little angry, but they have added to the calamity.’

Here: Strong, flaring anger, the word Israel's priestly texts and prophets use for divine wrath breaking out. It comes first in the sentence for emphasis: 'Great wrath is what I feel.'

Zechariah 7:12 קֶ֣צֶף wrath

They made their hearts like flint and would not listen to the law or to the words that the LORD of Hosts had sent by His Spirit through the earlier prophets. Therefore great anger came from the LORD of Hosts.

Here: Anger that has been provoked and breaks out. Here it refers to the historical catastrophe: the fall of Jerusalem and the exile.