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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 20 times in 19 verses in 'Gen' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:16 - God made the two great lights, the greater light [fn]to govern the day, and the lesser H6996 light [fn]to govern the night; He made the stars also.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 9:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:24 - When Noah awoke from his wine, he knew what his youngest H6996 son had done to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:11 - Then they struck the men who were at the doorway of the house with blindness, from the small H6996 to the great, so that they became weary of trying to find the doorway.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:15 - Then Rebekah took the [fn]best garments of her elder son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them on her younger H6996 son Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:42 - Now when the words of her elder son Esau were reported to Rebekah, she sent word and called her younger H6996 son Jacob, and said to him, “Behold your brother Esau is consoling himself concerning you by planning to kill you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 29:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:16 - Now Laban had two daughters; the name of the older was Leah, and the name of the younger H6996 was Rachel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:18 - Now Jacob loved Rachel, so he said, “I will serve you seven years for your younger H6996 daughter Rachel.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:13 - But they said, “Your servants are twelve brothers in all, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and behold, the youngest H6996 is with our father today, and one is no longer alive.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:15 - by this you will be tested: by the life of Pharaoh, you shall not leave this place unless your youngest H6996 brother comes here!

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:20 - and bring your youngest H6996 brother to me, so that your words may be verified, and you will not die.” And they did so.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:32 - ‘We are twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is no longer alive, and the youngest H6996 is with our father today in the land of Canaan.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:34 - ‘But bring your youngest H6996 brother to me so that I may know that you are not spies, but [fn]honest men. I will give your brother to you, and you may trade in the land.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:29 - And as he raised his eyes and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother’s son, he said, “Is this your youngest H6996 brother, of whom you spoke to me?” Then he said, “May God be gracious to you, 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 opening of the sack of the youngest H6996, and his money for the grain.” And he did [fn]as Joseph had told him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:12 - And he searched, beginning with the oldest and ending with the youngest H6996; 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 old father and a little H6996 boy born in our father’s old age. Now his brother is dead, so 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 - “You said to your servants, however, ‘Unless your youngest H6996 brother comes down with you, you will not see my face again.’

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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 H6996 brother is with us, then we will go down; for we cannot see the man’s face unless our youngest H6996 brother is with us.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 48:19

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. However, his younger H6996 brother shall be greater than he, and his [fn]descendants shall become [fn]a multitude of nations.”
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