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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 30:21 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 2 / 2 (1Ki 22:31–Zec 4:10)

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:31 - Now the king of Aram had commanded the thirty-two commanders of his chariots, saying, “Do not fight with small H6996 or great, but with the king of Israel alone.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:23 -

Then he went up from there to Bethel; and as he was going up by the way, young H6996 boys came out from the city and mocked him and said to him, “Go up, you baldhead; go up, you baldhead!”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:10 - “Please, let us make a little H6996 walled upper chamber and let us set a bed for him there, and a table and a chair and a lampstand; and it will be, when he comes to us, that he can turn in there.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:2 - Now the Arameans had gone out in marauding bands and had taken captive a little H6996 girl from the land of Israel; and she [fn]waited on Naaman’s wife.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:14 - So he went down and dipped himself seven times in the Jordan, according to the word of the man of God; and his flesh was restored like the flesh of a young H6996 boy and he was clean.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:24 - “How then can you [fn]turn away one [fn]official of the least H6996 of my master’s servants, and trust in Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:2 - And the king went up to the house of Yahweh and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests and the prophets and all the people, both small H6996 and great; and he read in their hearing all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the house of Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:26 - Then all the people, both small H6996 and great, and the commanders of the military forces arose and went to Egypt; for they were afraid of the Chaldeans.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:14 -

These of the sons of Gad were chiefs of the army; he who was least H6996 was equal to one hundred and the greatest to one thousand.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:31 -

These also cast lots alongside their [fn]relatives the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of the fathers’ households of the priests and of the Levites—the head of fathers’ households alongside those of his younger H6996 brother.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:8 - They cast lots for their responsibilities, each alongside the other, the small H6996 as well as the great, the teacher as well as the pupil.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:13 - And they cast lots, the small H6996 and the great alike, according to their fathers’ households, for every gate.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:13 - and whoever would not seek Yahweh, the God of Israel, should be put to death, whether small H6996 or great, man or woman.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:30 - Now the king of Aram had commanded the commanders of his chariots, saying, “Do not fight with small H6996 or great, but with the king of Israel alone.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:17 - and they went up against Judah and invaded it, and carried away all the possessions found in the king’s house together with his sons and his wives, so that no son was left to him except [fn]Jehoahaz, the youngest H6996 of his sons.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:1 -

Then the inhabitants of Jerusalem made [fn]Ahaziah, his youngest H6996 son, king in his place, for the band of men who came with the Arabs to the camp had killed all the older sons. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah became king.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:15 - Now assisting [fn]by his hand were Eden, Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah in the cities of the priests, to distribute faithfully their portions to their brothers by divisions, whether great or small H6996,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:30 - And the king went up to the house of Yahweh and all the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests and the Levites and all the people, from the greatest to the least H6996; and he read in their hearing all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the house of Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:18 - And all the articles of the house of God, great and small H6996, and the treasures of the house of Yahweh, and the treasures of the king and of his officials, he brought them all to Babylon.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:5 -

And when these days were fulfilled, the king held a feast lasting seven days for all the people who were present at the citadel in Susa, from the greatest to the least H6996, in the court of the garden of the king’s palace.

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:20 - “And the king’s sentence, which he will make, will be heard throughout all his kingdom, for it is [fn]vast, and all women will give respect to their husbands, great and small H6996.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:19 -

“The small H6996 and the great are there,

And the slave is free from his master.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:25 -

This is the sea, great and [fn]broad,

There the creeping things are without number,

Creatures both small H6996 and great.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 115:13 -

He will bless those who [fn]fear Yahweh,

The small H6996 together with the great.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:24 -

Four things are small H6996 on the earth,

But they are exceedingly wise:

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:14 - There was a small H6996 city with few men in it, and a great king came to it, surrounded it, and built large siegeworks against it.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:15 -

[fn]Seize the foxes for us,

The [fn]little H6996 foxes that are wreaking destruction on the vineyards,

While our vineyards are in blossom.”

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:8 -

[fn]We have a little H6996 sister,

And she has no breasts;

What shall we do for our sister

On the day when she is spoken for?

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:6 -

And the wolf will [fn]dwell with the lamb,

And the leopard will lie down with the young goat,

And the calf and the young lion [fn]and the fatling together;

And a young H6996 boy will lead them.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:24 -

“So they will hang on him all the glory of his father’s house, offspring and [fn]issue, all the least H6996 of vessels, from bowls to all the jars.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:9 - “How then can you [fn]turn away one [fn]official of the least H6996 of my master’s servants and trust in Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:7 -

[fn]For a brief H6996 moment I forsook you,

But with great compassion I will gather you.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:22 -

“The smallest H6996 one H6996 will become a [fn]clan,

And the miniscule one a mighty nation.

I, Yahweh, will hasten it in its time.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:13 -

“For from the least H6996 of them even to the greatest of them,

Everyone is greedy for gain,

And from the prophet even to the priest

Everyone practices lying.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:10 -

“Therefore I will give their wives to others,

Their fields to [fn]new possessors,

Because from the least H6996 even to the greatest

Everyone is greedy for gain;

From the prophet even to the priest

Everyone practices lying.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:6 - “Both great men and small H6996 will die in this land; they will not be buried; they will not be lamented, nor will anyone gash himself or shave his head for them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:34 - “And they will not teach again, each man his neighbor and each man his brother, saying, ‘Know Yahweh,’ for they will all know Me, from the least H6996 of them to the greatest of them,” declares Yahweh, “for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:1 -

Then all the [fn]commanders of the military forces, Johanan the son of Kareah, Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people both small H6996 and great approached

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:8 - Then he called for Johanan the son of Kareah and all the [fn]commanders of the military forces that were with him, and for all the people both small H6996 and great,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:12 - ‘And I will take away the remnant of Judah who have set their face on entering the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they will all [fn]meet their end in the land of Egypt; they will fall by the sword and [fn]meet their end by famine. Both small H6996 and great will die by the sword and famine; and they will become a curse, an object of horror, an imprecation, and a reproach.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:15 -

“For behold, I have made you small H6996 among the nations,

Despised among men.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:46 - “Now your older sister is Samaria, who lives [fn]north of you with her [fn]daughters; and your younger H6996 sister, who lives [fn]south of you, is Sodom with her daughters.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:61 - “Then you will remember your ways and feel dishonor when you receive your sisters, both your older and your younger H6996; and I will give them to you as daughters, but not because of your covenant.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:14 - “And from the base on the ground to the lower ledge shall be two [fn]cubits and the width one cubit; and from the smaller H6996 ledge to the larger ledge shall be four cubits and the width [fn]one cubit.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:11 - For behold, Yahweh is going to command and will strike the great house to pieces and the small H6996 house to fragments.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:2 - And it happened [fn]when it had completed eating the vegetation of the land, that I said,

“Lord Yahweh, please pardon!

[fn]How can Jacob rise up,

For he is small H6996?”

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:5 - Then I said,

“Lord Yahweh, please stop!

[fn]How can Jacob rise up, for he is small H6996?”

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:2 -

“Behold, I will make you small H6996 among the nations;

You are greatly despised.

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:5 -

And the [fn]people of Nineveh believed in God; and they called a fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest to the least H6996 of them.

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:10 - “For who has despised the day of small H6996 things H6996? [fn]But these seven will be glad when they see the [fn]plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabelthese are the eyes of Yahweh which roam to and fro throughout the earth.”

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