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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 30:2 — 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 2 / 2 (1Ki 22:31–Zec 4:10)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:31 - Now the king of Syria had commanded the thirty-two captains of his chariots, “Fight with neither small nor great, but only with the king of Israel.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:23 - He went up from there to Bethel, and while he was going up on the way, some small boys came out of the city and jeered at him, saying, “Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:10 - Let us make a small room on the roof with walls and put there for him a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp, so that whenever he comes to us, he can go in there.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:2 - Now the Syrians on one of their raids had carried off a little girl from the land of Israel, and she worked in the service of Naaman’s wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:14

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 little child, and he was clean.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:24 - How then can you repulse a single captain among the least of my master’s servants, when you trust in Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:2 - And the king went up to the house of the LORD, and with him all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem and the priests and the prophets, all the people, both small and great. And he read in their hearing all the words of the Book of the Covenant that had been found in the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:26 - Then all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the forces arose and went to Egypt, for they were afraid of the Chaldeans.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:14 - These Gadites were officers of the army; the least was a match for a hundred men and the greatest for a thousand.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:31 - These also, the head of each father’s house and his younger brother alike, cast lots, just as their brothers the sons of Aaron, in the presence of King David, Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of fathers’ houses of the priests and of the Levites.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:8 - And they cast lots for their duties, small and great, teacher and pupil alike.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:13 - And they cast lots by fathers’ houses, small and great alike, for their gates.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:13 - but that whoever would not seek the LORD, the God of Israel, should be put to death, whether young or old, man or woman.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:30 - Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains of his chariots, “Fight with neither small nor great, but only with the king of Israel.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:17 - And they came up against Judah and invaded it and carried away all the possessions they found that belonged to the king’s house, and also his sons and his wives, so that no son was left to him except Jehoahaz, his youngest son.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:1 - And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, his youngest son, king in his place, for the band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp had killed all the older sons. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:15 - Eden, Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah were faithfully assisting him in the cities of the priests, to distribute the portions to their brothers, old and young alike, by divisions,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:30 - And the king went up to the house of the LORD, with all the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem and the priests and the Levites, all the people both great and small. And he read in their hearing all the words of the Book of the Covenant that had been found in the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:18 - And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king and of his princes, all these he brought to Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:5 - And when these days were completed, the king gave for all the people present in Susa the citadel, both great and small, a feast lasting for seven days in the court of the garden of the king’s palace.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:20 - So when the decree made by the king is proclaimed throughout all his kingdom, for it is vast, all women will give honor to their husbands, high and low alike.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:19 - The small and the great are there,
and the slave is free from his master.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:25 - Here is the sea, great and wide,
which teems with creatures innumerable,
living things both small and great.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 115:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 115:13 - he will bless those who fear the LORD,
both the small and the great.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:24 - Four things on earth are small,
but they are exceedingly wise:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:14 - There was a little city with few men in it, and a great king came against it and besieged it, building great siegeworks against it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:15 - Catch the foxes[fn] for us,
the little foxes
that spoil the vineyards,
for our vineyards are in blossom.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:8 - Others
We have a little sister,
and she has no breasts.
What shall we do for our sister
on the day when she is spoken for?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:6 - The wolf shall dwell with the lamb,
and the leopard shall lie down with the young goat,
and the calf and the lion and the fattened calf together;
and a little child shall lead them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:24 - And they will hang on him the whole honor of his father’s house, the offspring and issue, every small vessel, from the cups to all the flagons.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:9 - How then can you repulse a single captain among the least of my master’s servants, when you trust in Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:7 - For a brief moment I deserted you,
but with great compassion I will gather you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:22 - The least one shall become a clan,
and the smallest one a mighty nation;
I am the LORD;
in its time I will hasten it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:13 - “For from the least to the greatest of them,
everyone is greedy for unjust gain;
and from prophet to priest,
everyone deals falsely.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:10 - Therefore I will give their wives to others
and their fields to conquerors,
because from the least to the greatest
everyone is greedy for unjust gain;
from prophet to priest,
everyone deals falsely.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:6 - Both great and small shall die in this land. They shall not be buried, and no one shall lament for them or cut himself or make himself bald for them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:34 - And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:1 - Then all the commanders of the forces, and Johanan the son of Kareah and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least to the greatest, came near

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:8 - Then he summoned Johanan the son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces who were with him, and all the people from the least to the greatest,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:12 - I will take the remnant of Judah who have set their faces to come to the land of Egypt to live, and they shall all be consumed. In the land of Egypt they shall fall; by the sword and by famine they shall be consumed. From the least to the greatest, they shall die by the sword and by famine, and they shall become an oath, a horror, a curse, and a taunt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:15 - For behold, I will make you small among the nations,
despised among mankind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:46

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:46 - And your elder sister is Samaria, who lived with her daughters to the north of you; and your younger sister, who lived to the south of you, is Sodom with her daughters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:61

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:61 - Then you will remember your ways and be ashamed when you take your sisters, both your elder and your younger, and I give them to you as daughters, but not on account of[fn] the covenant with you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:14 - from the base on the ground to the lower ledge, two cubits, with a breadth of one cubit; and from the smaller ledge to the larger ledge, four cubits, with a breadth of one cubit;

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:11 - For behold, the LORD commands,
and the great house shall be struck down into fragments,
and the little house into bits.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:2 - When they had finished eating the grass of the land, I said,
“O Lord GOD, please forgive!
How can Jacob stand?
He is so small!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:5 - Then I said,
“O Lord GOD, please cease!
How can Jacob stand?
He is so small!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:2 - Behold, I will make you small among the nations;
you shall be utterly despised.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:5 - And the people of Nineveh believed God. They called for a fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least of them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:10 - For whoever has despised the day of small things shall rejoice, and shall see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel. “These seven are the eyes of the LORD, which range through the whole earth.”

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