Wrath קֶ֫צֶף

Inspiring Words Knight Vision · Sep 20, 2026 · 3m

We are in Numbers chapter one with our word for today, used for the first time in the Bible. קֶ֫צֶף anger, ill-humor, frustration, judgment of anger. It is used 28 times in the Old Testament. Our word is used in the sense of bitterness, a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will. Ecclesiastes 5:16-17 This also is a grievous evil: just as he came, so shall he go, and what gain is there to him who toils for the wind? Moreover, all his days he eats in darkness in much vexation and sickness וָקָֽצֶף and anger. Most of the uses of our word are in the sense of wrath, a feeling of intense anger…