Qatan קָטָן

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Qatan
קָטָן
Transliterationqatan
Strong's numberH6996 (H6996A, H6996B, H6996H)
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechadjective
Glosssmall
Occurrences101 in 100 verses
Most frequent inGenesis (19)

Qatan (Hebrew קָטָן, Strong's H6996) is a Hebrew adjective meaning “small”. It occurs 101 times in 100 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

H6996A: small

young, small, unimportant
Another spelling of qa.ton (קָטֹן ": small" H6996B)

H6996B: small

: small
small, insignificant

H6996H: small: young

: young
small, insignificant
A sub-meaning of qa.ton (קָטֹן ": small" H6996B)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVsmall (33), little (19), youngest (15), younger (14), least (10), less (3), lesser (2), one (2), smallest (1), young (1), things (1)
BSBsmall (20), least (9), young (7), youngest (6), younger (4), your youngest (4), her younger (3), your younger (3), little (3), lesser (2), his youngest (2), minor (2), and 29 other renderings

Verses

Every verse with Qatan, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

Exodus

Numbers

Deuteronomy

Judges

1 Samuel

2 Samuel

1 Kings

2 Kings

1 Chronicles

2 Chronicles

Esther

Job

Psalms

Proverbs

Ecclesiastes

Song of Solomon

Isaiah

Jeremiah

Ezekiel

Amos

Obadiah

Jonah

Zechariah

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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