Kaas כַּ֫עַס

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Kaas (Hebrew כַּ֫עַס, Strong's H3708) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “vexation”. It occurs 25 times in 25 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

anger, vexation
Also means: ka.as (כַּ֫עַשׂ "vexation" H3708B)

1) anger, vexation, provocation, grief
1a) vexation
1a1) of men
1a2) of God
1b) vexation, grief, frustration

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

KJV	grief (7), wrath (4), provocation (3), sorrow (3), anger (2), provoking (1), sore (1), provocations (1), indignation (1), spite (1), angry (1)
BSB	sorrow (5), grief (4), anger (3), provoked to anger (1), taunt (1), viciously (1), my anger (1), had done (1), resentment (1), my grief (1), your anger (1), your displeasure (1), and 5 other renderings

Every verse with Kaas, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Deuteronomy 32:19
And when the Lord saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters.When the LORD saw this, He rejected them, provoked to anger by His sons and daughters.
Deuteronomy 32:27
Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and the Lord hath not done all this.if I had not dreaded the taunt of the enemy, lest their adversaries misunderstand and say: ‘Our own hand has prevailed; it was not the LORD who did all this.’”

1 Samuel 1:6
And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the Lord had shut up her womb.Because the LORD had closed Hannah’s womb, her rival would provoke her and taunt her viciously.
1 Samuel 1:16
Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto.Do not take your servant for a wicked woman; for all this time I have been praying out of the depth of my anguish and grief.”

1 Kings 15:30
Because of the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and which he made Israel sin, by his provocation wherewith he provoked the Lord God of Israel to anger.because of the sins Jeroboam had committed and had caused Israel to commit, and because he had provoked the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger.
1 Kings 21:22
And will make thine house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, for the provocation wherewith thou hast provoked me to anger, and made Israel to sin.I will make your house like that of Jeroboam son of Nebat and like that of Baasha son of Ahijah, because you have provoked My anger and caused Israel to sin.’

2 Kings 23:26
Notwithstanding the Lord turned not from the fierceness of his great wrath, wherewith his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provocations that Manasseh had provoked him withal.Nevertheless, the LORD did not turn away from the fury of His burning anger, which was kindled against Judah because of all that Manasseh had done to provoke Him to anger.

Job 5:2
For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.
Job 6:2
Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!“If only my grief could be weighed and placed with my calamity on the scales.
Job 10:17
Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me.You produce new witnesses against me and multiply Your anger toward me. Hardships assault me in wave after wave.
Job 17:7
Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.My eyes have grown dim with grief, and my whole body is but a shadow.

Psalm 6:7
Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies.My eyes fail from grief; they grow dim because of all my foes.
Psalm 10:14
Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.But You have regarded trouble and grief; You see to repay it by Your hand. The victim entrusts himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.
Psalm 31:9
Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eyes fail from sorrow, my soul and body as well.
Psalm 85:4
Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease.Restore us, O God of our salvation, and put away Your displeasure toward us.

Proverbs 12:16
A fool’s wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame.A fool’s anger is known at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.
Proverbs 17:25
A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.
Proverbs 21:19
It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.Better to live in the desert than with a contentious and ill-tempered wife.
Proverbs 27:3
A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath is heavier than them both.A stone is heavy and sand is a burden, but aggravation from a fool outweighs them both.

Ecclesiastes 1:18
For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.For with much wisdom comes much sorrow, and as knowledge grows, grief increases.
Ecclesiastes 2:23
For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.Indeed, all his days are filled with grief, and his task is sorrowful; even at night, his mind does not rest. This too is futile.
Ecclesiastes 7:3
Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.Sorrow is better than laughter, for a sad countenance is good for the heart.
Ecclesiastes 7:9
Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool.
Ecclesiastes 11:10
Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.So banish sorrow from your heart, and cast off pain from your body, for youth and vigor are fleeting.

Ezekiel 20:28
For when I had brought them into the land, for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to them, then they saw every high hill, and all the thick trees, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the provocation of their offering: there also they made their sweet savour, and poured out there their drink offerings.When I brought them into the land that I swore to give them and they saw any high hill or leafy tree, there they offered their sacrifices, presented offerings that provoked Me, sent up their fragrant incense, and poured out their drink offerings.

Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).