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Lexicon :: Strong's H6996 - qāṭān

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קָטָן
Transliteration
qāṭān
Pronunciation
kaw-tawn'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2009a,2009b

Strong’s Definitions

קָטָן qâṭân, kaw-tawn'; or קָטֹן qâṭôn; from H6962; abbreviated, i.e. diminutive, literally (in quantity, size or number) or figuratively (in age or importance):—least, less(-er), little (one), small(-est, one, quantity, thing), young(-er, -est).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 101x

The KJV translates Strong's H6996 in the following manner: small (33x), little (19x), youngest (15x), younger (14x), least (10x), less (3x), lesser (2x), little one (2x), smallest (1x), small things (1x), young (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 101x
The KJV translates Strong's H6996 in the following manner: small (33x), little (19x), youngest (15x), younger (14x), least (10x), less (3x), lesser (2x), little one (2x), smallest (1x), small things (1x), young (1x).

  1. young, small, insignificant, unimportant

    1. small

    2. insignificant

    3. young

    4. unimportant

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
קָטָן qâṭân, kaw-tawn'; or קָטֹן qâṭôn; from H6962; abbreviated, i.e. diminutive, literally (in quantity, size or number) or figuratively (in age or importance):—least, less(-er), little (one), small(-est, one, quantity, thing), young(-er, -est).
STRONGS H6996: Abbreviations
† I. קָטָן adjective small, young, unimportant; — absolute ק׳ Genesis 9:24 +; suffix קְטַנָּם (Köii. l, 74) Jeremiah 6:13 +; feminine singular קְטַנָּה Genesis 29:16 +; masculine plural קְטַנִּים 2 Kings 18:24 +; construct קְטַנֵּי 1 Samuel 9:21 (see Dr; We conjectures נִּי-, old construct, cf, HPS), Proverbs 30:24; feminine plural קְטַנּוֺת Ezekiel 16:61 +; —
1. small; especially
a. of children, youth = young, Genesis 44:20 (J) 2 Samuel 9:12; 1 Kings 11:17; 2 Kings 2:23; 2 Kings 5:2, of sister Songs 8:8; = younger, of two children (often opposed to גדול), Genesis 9:24; Genesis 27:15, 42 (all J), Genesis 29:16, 18 (E), 1 Samuel 14:49 (feminine; opposed to הַבְּכִירָה); of younger sister Judges 15:2, so (figurative) Ezekiel 16:46 and (+ מִן compare) Ezekiel 16:61; brother 1 Chronicles 24:31; הַקּ׳ youngest son (of several) 1 Samuel 16:11; 1 Samuel 17:14; גָּדוֺל = young and old (see קָטֹן 1) Jeremiah 16:6 compare 2 Chronicles 31:15; 34:30.
b. of things : utterance Numbers 22:18 (E), weight Deuteronomy 25:13, 14, vessels 2 Chronicles 36:18, animals Psalm 104:25 (all opposed to גדול); compare also 2 Samuel 12:3; 1 Kings 2:20; 1 Kings 17:13; 1 Kings 18:44; 2 Kings 4:10; Ezekiel 43:14 (opposed to גדול), Proverbs 30:24; Songs 2:15, + probably Ezekiel 46:22 (see II. [קָטַר]); כְּלֵי הַקָּטָן Isaiah 22:24 the vessels of small size (figurative).
2. small;
a. with added idea of weakness, person 2 Kings 18:24 = Isaiah 36:9, city Ecclesiastes 9:14.
b. = insignificant,
(1) tribe 1 Samuel 9:21;
(2) person (+גדול; = all persons) Jeremiah 6:13; Jeremiah 31:34; Jonah 3:5; Psalm 115:13; Esther 1:5, 20, cf. 1 Chronicles 12:14 (van d. H. 1 Chronicles 12:13);
(3) in general, יוֺם קְטַנּוֺת Zechariah 4:10 day of small things. — See also קָטֹן.

קָטֹן 54 adjective small, insignificant; — absolute ק׳ 1 Samuel 2:19 +; construct קְטֹן 2 Chronicles 21:17; — feminine, plural and suffix supplied by קָטָן; —
1. small: especially
a. of youth = young, נַעַר קּ׳ 1 Samuel 20:35; 1 Kings 3:7; 2 Kings 5:14; Isaiah 11:6; = younger of two brothers, Genesis 48:19 (E) Judges 1:13; Judges 3:9 (+ מִן compare); הַקּ׳ youngest brother Genesis 42:13 + 10 times Genesis (JE), son Judges 9:5; 2 Chronicles 22:1, so קְטֹן בָּנָיו 2 Chronicles 21:17; + גדול = young and old (see קָטָן 1), i.e. everybody Genesis 19:11 (J), 1 Samuel 5:9; 1 Samuel 30:2 — 1 Samuel 30:19.
b. of things 1 Samuel 2:19; 1 Kings 8:64 (+ מִן compare), Amos 6:11; Isaiah 54:7; opposed to גָּדוֺל 1 Samuel 22:15; 1 Samuel 25:36; Genesis 1:16 (P).
2. = unimportant, things, Exodus 18:22, 26 (E), 1 Samuel 20:2 (all opposed to גדול); person,=feeble Amos 7:2, 5; = insignificant Jeremiah 49:15; Obadiah 2 (both || בָּזוּי), Isaiah 60:22 (|| צָעִיר); בְּעֵינֶיךָ ק׳ 1 Samuel 15:17; especially + גָּדוֺל = low and high, + everybody, Deuteronomy 1:17; 1 Kings 22:31 2 Chronicles 18:30; Jeremiah 8:10; Job 3:19, +8 times — See also קָטָן above.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

1:16; 9:24; 9:24; 19:11; 27:15; 27:42; 29:16; 29:16; 29:18; 42:13; 44:20; 48:19

Exodus

18:22; 18:26

Numbers

22:18

Deuteronomy

1:17; 25:13; 25:14

Judges

1:13; 3:9; 9:5; 15:2

1 Samuel

2:19; 2:19; 5:9; 9:21; 9:21; 14:49; 15:17; 16:11; 17:14; 20:2; 20:35; 22:15; 25:36; 30:2; 30:19

2 Samuel

9:12; 12:3

1 Kings

2:20; 3:7; 8:64; 11:17; 17:13; 18:44; 22:31

2 Kings

2:23; 4:10; 5:2; 5:14; 18:24; 18:24

1 Chronicles

12:13; 12:14; 24:31

2 Chronicles

18:30; 21:17; 21:17; 22:1; 31:15; 34:30; 36:18

Esther

1:5; 1:20

Job

3:19

Psalms

104:25; 115:13

Proverbs

30:24; 30:24

Ecclesiastes

9:14

Song of Songs

2:15; 8:8

Isaiah

11:6; 22:24; 36:9; 54:7; 60:22

Jeremiah

6:13; 6:13; 8:10; 16:6; 31:34; 49:15

Ezekiel

16:46; 16:61; 16:61; 43:14; 46:22

Amos

6:11; 7:2; 7:5

Obadiah

1:2

Jonah

3:5

Zechariah

4:10

H6996

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6996 matches the Hebrew קָטָן (qāṭān),
which occurs 101 times in 100 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 1:16–1Ki 18:44)

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:16 - And God made the two great lights, the great light to rule the day, and the small light to rule the night, -- and the stars.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 9:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:24 - And Noah awoke from his wine, and learned what his youngest son had done to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:11 - And they smote the men that were at the entrance of the house with blindness, from the smallest to the greatest; and they wearied themselves to find the entrance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:15 - And Rebecca took the clothes of her elder son Esau, the costly ones which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob her younger son;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:42

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:42 - And the words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebecca. And she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said to him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, comforts himself that he will kill thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 29:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:16 - And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger, Rachel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:18 - And Jacob loved Rachel, and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:13 - And they said, Thy servants were twelve brethren, sons of one man, in the land of Canaan; and behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:15 - By this ye shall be put to the proof: as Pharaoh lives, ye shall not go forth hence, unless your youngest brother come hither!

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:20 - and bring your youngest brother to me, in order that your words be verified, and that ye may not die. And they did so.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:32 - we are twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:34 - and bring your youngest brother to me, and I shall know that ye are not spies, but are honest. Your brother will I give up to you; and ye may trade in the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:29 - And he lifted up his eyes and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother's son, and said, Is this your younger brother of whom ye spoke to me? And he said, God be gracious to thee, my son!

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:2 - And put my cup, the silver cup, in the mouth of the sack of the youngest, and his grain-money. And he did according to the word of Joseph which he had spoken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:12 - And he searched carefully: he began at the eldest, and ended at the youngest; and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:20 - And we said to my lord, We have an aged father, and a child born to him in his old age, yet young; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother; and his father loves him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:23 - And thou saidst to thy servants, Unless your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:26 - But we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down; for we cannot see the man's face unless our youngest brother is with us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:19 - But his father refused and said, I know, my son, I know: he also will become a people, and he also will be great; but truly his younger brother will be greater than he; and his seed will become the fulness of nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 18:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:22 - that they may judge the people at all times; and it shall be that they shall bring to thee every great matter, and that they shall judge every small matter, and they shall lighten the task on thee, and they shall bear it with thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 18:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:26 - And they judged the people at all times: the hard matters they brought to Moses, but every small matter they judged.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:18 - And Balaam answered and said to the servants of Balak, If Balak give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not go beyond the commandment of Jehovah my God, to do less or more.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:17 - Ye shall not respect persons in judgment: ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man, for the judgment is God's; and the matter that is too hard for you shall ye bring to me, that I may hear it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:13 - Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 25:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:14 - Thou shalt not have in thy house divers ephahs, a great and a small.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:13 - And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it; and he gave him Achsah his daughter as wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:9 - And the children of Israel cried to Jehovah; and Jehovah raised up a saviour to the children of Israel, who saved them, Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:5 - And he came to his father's house, to Ophrah, and slew his brethren the sons of Jerubbaal, seventy persons upon one stone; but there remained Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal; for he had hid himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 15:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:2 - And her father said, I verily thought that thou didst utterly hate her; therefore I gave her to thy companion. Is not her younger sister fairer than she? Let her, I pray thee, be thine instead of her.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:19 - And his mother made him a little coat, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to sacrifice the yearly sacrifice.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 5:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:9 - And it came to pass that, after they had carried it about, the hand of Jehovah was against the city with very great panic; and he smote the men of the city, both small and great, and hemorrhoids broke out upon them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:21 - And Saul answered and said, Am not I a Benjaminite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel, and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? and why dost thou speak such words to me?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:49

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:49 - And the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Jishvi, and Malchi-shua. And the names of his two daughters: the name of the firstborn Merab, and the name of the younger Michal.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:17 - And Samuel said, Was it not when thou wast little in thine eyes that thou becamest the head of the tribes of Israel, and Jehovah anointed thee king over Israel?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:11 - And Samuel said to Jesse, Are these all the young men? And he said, There is yet the youngest remaining, and behold, he is feeding the sheep. And Samuel said to Jesse, Send and fetch him; for we will not sit at table till he come hither.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:14 - And David was the youngest; and the three eldest had followed Saul.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:2 - And he said to him, God forbid; thou shalt not die: behold, my father will do nothing either great or small, and not apprise me; and why should my father hide this thing from me? it is not so.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:35 - And it came to pass in the morning that Jonathan went out into the field, to the place agreed on with David, and a little lad with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:15 - Was it to-day that I began to inquire of God for him? be it far from me: let not the king charge anything to his servant, nor to all the house of my father; for thy servant knew nothing of all this, less or more.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:36 - And Abigail came to Nabal; and behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was drunken to excess; so she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 30:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:2 - and had taken the women captives that were in it; both great and small: they had put none to death, but had carried them off, and went on their way.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 30:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:19 - And there was nothing missed by them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil nor anything that they had taken: David brought all back.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 9:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:12 - And Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Mica. And all who dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants to Mephibosheth.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:3 - but the poor man had nothing at all, but one little ewe lamb which he had bought, and was nourishing; and it grew up with him, and together with his children: it ate of his morsel, and drank of his own cup, and slept in his bosom, and was to him as a daughter.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:20 - Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; refuse me not. And the king said to her, Ask, my mother, for I will not refuse thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 3:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:7 - And now, Jehovah my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father; and I am but a little child: I know not to go out and to come in.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:64

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:64 - The same day the king hallowed the middle of the court that was before the house of Jehovah; for there he offered the burnt-offerings, and the oblations, and the fat of the peace-offerings, because the brazen altar that was before Jehovah was too small to receive the burnt-offerings, and the oblations, and the fat of the peace-offerings.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:17 - that Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father's servants with him, to go into Egypt, Hadad being yet a little child.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 17:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:13 - And Elijah said to her, Fear not; go, do as thou hast said; but make me thereof a little cake first; and bring it to me; and afterwards make for thee and for thy son.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:44

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:44 - And it came to pass at the seventh time that he said, Behold there is a cloud, small as a man's hand, arising out of the sea. And he said, Go up, say to Ahab, Harness and go down, that the pour of rain stop thee not.

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