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Lexicon :: Strong's H6996 - qāṭān

Aa
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 1 / 2 (Gen 1:16–1Ki 18:44)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:16 - God H430 made H6213 the two H8147 great H1419 lights H3974, the greater H1419 light H3974 [fn]to govern H4475 the day H3117, and the lesser H6996 light H3974 [fn]to govern H4475 the night H3915; He made the stars H3556 also.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:24 - When Noah H5146 awoke H3364 from his wine H3196, he knew H3045 what H834 his youngest H6996 son H1121 had done H6213 to him.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:11 - Then they struck H5221 the men H376 who H834 were at the doorway H6607 of the house H1004 with blindness H5575, from H4480 the small H6996 to the great H1419, so that they became H3811 weary H3811 of trying to find H4672 the doorway H6607.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:15 - Then Rebekah H7259 took H3947 the [fn]best H2532 garments H899 of her elder H1419 son H1121 Esau H6215, which H834 were with her in the house H1004, and put H3847 them on H3847 her younger H6996 son H1121 Jacob H3290.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:42 - Now when the words H1697 of her elder H1419 son H1121 Esau H6215 were reported H5046 to Rebekah H7259, she sent H7971 word and called H7121 her younger H6996 son H1121 Jacob H3290, and said H559 to him, “Behold H2009 your brother H251 Esau H6215 is consoling H5162 himself concerning you by planning to kill H2026 you.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:16 - Now Laban H3837 had two H8147 daughters H1323; the name H8034 of the older H1419 was Leah H3812, and the name H8034 of the younger H6996 was Rachel H7354.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:18 - Now Jacob H3290 loved H157 Rachel H7354, so he said H559, “I will serve H5647 you seven H7651 years H8141 for your younger H6996 daughter H1323 Rachel H7354.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:13 - But they said H559, “Your servants H5650 are twelve H8147 H6240 brothers H251 in all, the sons H1121 of one H259 man H376 in the land H776 of Canaan H3667; and behold H2009, the youngest H6996 is with our father H1 today H3117, and one H259 is no H369 longer H369 alive.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:15 - by this H2088 you will be tested H974: by the life H2416 of Pharaoh H6547, you shall not leave H3318 this H2088 place unless H3588 H518 your youngest H6996 brother H251 comes H935 here H2008!
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:20 - and bring H935 your youngest H6996 brother H251 to me, so that your words H1697 may be verified H539, and you will not die H4191.” And they did H6213 so H3651.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:32 - ‘We are twelve H8147 H6240 brothers H251, sons H1121 of our father H1; one H259 is no H369 longer H369 alive, and the youngest H6996 is with our father H1 today H3117 in the land H776 of Canaan H3667.’
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:34 - ‘But bring H935 your youngest H6996 brother H251 to me so that I may know H3045 that you are not spies H7270, but [fn]honest H3651 men H3651. I will give H5414 your brother H251 to you, and you may trade H5503 in the land H776.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:29 - And as he raised H5375 his eyes H5869 and saw H7200 his brother H251 Benjamin H1144, his mother’s H517 son H1121, he said H559, “Is this H2088 your youngest H6996 brother H251, of whom H834 you spoke H559 to me?” Then he said H559, “May God H430 be H2603 gracious H2603 to you, my son H1121.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:2 - “And put H7760 my cup H1375, the silver H3701 cup H1375, in the opening H6310 of the sack H572 of the youngest H6996, and his money H3701 for the grain H7668.” And he did H6213 [fn]as Joseph H3130 had told H1696 him.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:12 - And he searched H2664, beginning H2490 with the oldest H1419 and ending H3615 with the youngest H6996; and the cup H1375 was found H4672 in Benjamin’s H1144 sack H572.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:20 - “And we said H559 to my lord H113, ‘We have H3426 an old H2205 father H1 and a little H6996 boy H3206 born in our father’s old H2208 age H2208. Now his brother H251 is dead H4191, so he alone H905 is left H3498 of his mother H517, and his father H1 loves H157 him.’
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:23 - “You said H559 to your servants H5650, however, ‘Unless H518 H3808 your youngest H6996 brother H251 comes H3381 down H3381 with you, you will not see H7200 my face H6440 again H3254.’
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:26 - “But we said H559, ‘We cannot H3201 H3808 go H3381 down H3381. If H518 our youngest H6996 brother H251 is with us, then we will go H3381 down H3381; for we cannot H3201 H3808 see H7200 the man’s H376 face H6440 unless H369 our youngest H6996 brother H251 is with us.’
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:19 - But his father H1 refused H3985 and said H559, “I know H3045, my son H1121, I know H3045; he also H1571 will become H1961 a people H5971 and he also H1571 will be H1431 great H1431. However H199, his younger H6996 brother H251 shall be greater H1431 than H4480 he, and his [fn]descendants H2233 shall become H1961 [fn]a multitude H4393 of nations H1471.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:22 - “Let them judge H8199 the people H5971 at all H3605 times H6256; and let it be that they will bring H935 to you every H3605 major H1419 matter H1697, but they will judge H8199 every H3605 minor H6996 matter H1697 themselves. So it will be H7043 easier H7043 for you, and they will carry H5375 the burden with you.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:26 - Then they judged H8199 the people H5971 at all H3605 times H6256; they would bring H935 the difficult H7186 matter H1697 to Moses H4872, but they would judge H8199 every H3605 minor H6996 matter H1697 themselves.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:18 - But Balaam H1109 replied H6030 to the servants H5650 of Balak H1111, “Even if H518 Balak H1111 were to give H5414 me his house H1004 full H4393 of silver H3701 and gold H2091, I could H3201 not do H6213 anything, either small H6996 or H176 great H1419, contrary H5674 to the [fn]command H6310 of the LORD H3068 my God H430.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:17 - ‘You are not to [fn]show H5234 partiality H5234 H6440 in judgment H4941; you shall hear H8085 the small H6996 and the great H1419 alike. You are not to be afraid H1481 of any person H376, for the judgment H4941 is H7185 God’s H430. The case H1697 that is too H4480 difficult H7185 for you, you shall bring H7126 to me, and I will hear H8085 it.’
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:13 -

“You shall not have H1961 in your bag H3599 [fn]differing H68 weights H68, a large H1419 and a small H6996.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:14 - “You shall not have H1961 in your house H1004 [fn]differing H374 measures H374, a large H1419 and a small H6996.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:13 - Now Othniel H6274 the son H1121 of Kenaz H7073, Caleb’s H3612 younger H6996 H4480 brother H251, captured H3920 it; so he gave H5414 him his daughter H1323 Achsah H5915 as a wife H802.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:9 - But the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 cried H2199 out H2199 to the LORD H3068, and the LORD H3068 raised H6965 up H6965 a deliverer H3467 for the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 to set H3467 them free H3467, Othniel H6274 the son H1121 of Kenaz H7073, Caleb’s H3612 younger H6996 H4480 brother H251.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:5 - Then he went H935 to his father’s H1 house H1004 in Ophrah H6084 and killed H2026 his brothers H251 the sons H1121 of Jerubbaal H3378, seventy H7657 men H376, [fn]on one H259 stone H68. But Jotham H3147 the youngest H6996 son H1121 of Jerubbaal H3378 was left H3498, because H3588 he hid H2244 himself.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:2 - Her father H1 said H559, “I really H559 thought H559 that you hated H8130 her intensely H8130; so I gave H5414 her to your companion H4828. Is her younger H6996 sister H269 not [fn]more H4480 H2896 beautiful H2896 than H4480 she? Please H4994 let her be yours [fn]instead H8478.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:19 - And his mother H517 would make H6213 for him a little H6996 robe H4598 and bring H5927 it up H5927 to him from year H3117 to year H3117 when she would come H5927 up H5927 with her husband H376 to offer H2076 the yearly H3117 sacrifice H2077.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:9 - After H310 they had taken H5437 it away H5437, the hand H3027 of the LORD H3068 was against the city H5892, creating a very H3966 great H1419 panic H4103; and He struck H5221 the people H376 of the city H5892, from the young H6996 to the old H1419, so that tumors H6076 broke H8368 out H8368 on them.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:21 - Saul H7586 replied H6030, “Am I not a Benjaminite H1145, of the smallest H6996 of the tribes H7626 of Israel H3478, and my family H4940 the least H6810 of all H3605 the families H4940 of the [fn]tribe H7626 of Benjamin H1144? Why H4100 then have you spoken H1696 to me in this H2088 way H1697?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:49 -

Now the sons H1121 of Saul H7586 were Jonathan H3083, Ishvi H3440, and Malchi-shua H4444; and the names H8034 of his two H8147 daughters H1323 were these: the name H8034 of the firstborn H1067 was Merab H4764, and the name H8034 of the younger H6996, Michal H4324.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:17 -

So Samuel H8050 said H559, “[fn]Is it not true, though H518 you were [fn]insignificant H6996 in your own eyes H5869, that you became the head H7218 of the tribes H7626 of Israel H3478? For the LORD H3068 anointed H4886 you as king H4428 over H5921 Israel H3478.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:11 - Then Samuel H8050 said H559 to Jesse H3448, “Are H8552 these all H8552 the boys H5288?” And he said H559, “The youngest H6996 is still H5750 left H7604, but behold H2009, he is tending H7462 the sheep H6629.” So Samuel H8050 said H559 to Jesse H3448, “Send H7971 word and bring H3947 him; for we will not take H5437 our places H5437 at H5437 the table H5437 until H5704 he comes H935 here H6311.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:14 - So David H1732 was the youngest H6996. Now the three H7969 oldest H1419 followed H1980 H310 Saul H7586,
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:2 - He said H559 to him, “Far H2486 from it, you shall not die H4191! Behold H2009, my father H1 does H6213 nothing H3808 H1697 either great H1419 or H176 small H6996 [fn]without H3808 informing H1540 H241 me. So why H4069 would my father H1 hide H5641 this H2088 thing H1697 from me? It is not so H2088!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:35 -

Now it came H1961 about H1961 in the morning H1242 that Jonathan H3083 went H3318 out H3318 to the field H7704 at the time H4150 agreed H4150 upon H4150 with David H1732, and a little H6996 boy H5288 was with him.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:15 - “Did I just begin H2490 to inquire H7592 of God H430 for him today H3117? Far H2486 be it from me! Do not let the king H4428 impute H7760 anything H1697 against his servant H5650 or against any H3605 of the household H1004 of my father H1, because H3588 your servant H5650 knows H3045 nothing H3808 [fn]at all H6996 H1419 of this H2088 whole H3605 affair H1697.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:36 -

Then Abigail H26 came H935 to Nabal H5037, and behold H2009, he was having a feast H4960 in his house H1004, like the feast H4960 of a king H4428. And Nabal’s H5037 heart H3820 was cheerful H2895 within H5921 him, for he was very H5704 H3966 drunk H7910; so she did not tell H5046 him anything H1697 [fn]at all H6996 H1419 until H5704 the morning H1242 light H216.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:2 - and they took H7617 captive H7617 the women H802 and all who H834 were in it, from H4480 the small H6996 to the great H1419, [fn]without H3808 killing H4191 anyone H376, and drove H5090 them off H5090 and went H1980 their way H1870.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:19 - And nothing H3808 of theirs H1992 was H5737 missing H5737, whether H4480 small H6996 or H5704 great H1419, sons H1121 or daughters H1323, plunder H7998, or H5704 anything H3605 that they had taken H3947 for themselves H1992; David H1732 brought H7725 it all H3605 back H7725.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:12 - Mephibosheth H4648 had a young H6996 son H1121 whose name H8034 was Mica H4316. And all H3605 who lived H4186 in the house H1004 of Ziba H6717 were servants H5650 to Mephibosheth H4648.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:3 -

“But the poor H7326 man had nothing H369 at all H3605 except H3588 H518 one H259 little H6996 ewe H3535 lamb H3535

Which H834 he bought H7069 and nurtured H2421;

And it grew H1431 up H1431 together H3162 with him and his children H1121.

It would eat H398 [fn]scraps H6595 from him and drink H8354 from his cup H3563 and lie H7901 [fn]in his lap H2436,

And was like a daughter H1323 to him.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:20 - Then she said H559, “I am making H7592 one H259 small H6996 request H7596 of you; do not [fn]refuse H7725 me.” And the king H4428 said H559 to her, “Ask H7592, my mother H517, for I will not [fn]refuse H7725 you.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:7 - “And now H6258, LORD H3068 my God H430, You have made H4427 Your servant H5650 king H4427 in H8478 place H8478 of H8478 my father H1 David H1732, yet I am like a little H6996 boy H5288; I do not know H3045 how to [fn]go H3318 out H3318 or come H935 in H935.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:64 - On the same H1931 day H3117 the king H4428 consecrated H6942 the middle H8432 of the courtyard H2691 that was in front H6440 of the house H1004 of the LORD H3068, because H3588 there H8033 he [fn]offered H6213 the burnt H5930 offering H5930, the grain offering H4503, and the fat H2459 of the peace H8002 offerings H8002; for the bronze H5178 altar H4196 that was before H6440 the LORD H3068 was too H4480 small H6996 to hold H3557 the burnt H5930 offering H5930, the grain offering H4503, and the fat H2459 of the peace H8002 offerings H8002.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:17 - that Hadad H1908 fled H1272 [fn]to Egypt H4714, he and certain H376 Edomites H130 of his father’s H1 servants H5650 with him, while Hadad H1908 was a young H6996 boy H5288.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:13 - However, Elijah H452 said H559 to her, “Do not fear H3372; go H935, do H6213 as you have said H1697. Just H389 make H6213 me a little H6996 bread H5692 loaf H5692 from [fn]it first H7223 and bring H3318 it out H3318 to me, and afterward H314 you may make H6213 one for yourself and for your son H1121.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:44 - And when he returned the seventh H7637 time, he said H559, “Behold H2009, a cloud H5645 as small H6996 as a person’s H376 hand H3709 is coming H5927 up H5927 from the sea H3220.” And Elijah said H559, “Go H5927 up H5927, say H559 to Ahab H256, ‘Harness H631 your chariot horses and go H3381 down H3381, so that the heavy shower H1653 does not stop H6113 you.’”

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Daily Devotionals

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan