כְּעַס, כְּעֵיס ch. same. Targ. Ps. CXII, 10.—Y. Ber. VII, 11ᵇ bot. שמע … מלכא וכ׳ King Jannai heard of it and became angry; Gen. R. s. 91; a. fr.—[Targ. Y. Gen. XXXVIII, 15 כְּעִיסַת אפין angry-looking, morose (h. text כסתה פניה); prob. a. corrupt. of כַּסִּיאַת, and רחים, at the end of the sentence, to be read חכים; cmp. Gen. R. s. 85].
Af. - אַכְעַס to provoke to anger; א׳ (עובדא) קדם to act provokingly, defiantly against. Targ. Y. II, Deut. XXXII, 19. Ib. 21.—Esth. R. introd. מדאַכְעֲסוּ … עובדיהון וכ׳ when the beloved children (Israel) defied &c.; (Yalk. Esth. 1044; Yalk. Job 920 ארגיזו).