Word Study · Strong's H6995 · Hebrew

קֹטֶן

qoten

ko'-ten

Strong's 1890 spelling: qôṭen

“a pettiness, i.e. the little finger”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

a pettiness, i.e. the little finger

Rendered in the KJV as

little finger.

2
occurrencesin the Old Testament
2 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
1
inflected formdistinct spellings

Across 2 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 1

קָֽטָנִּ֥י2

How it is rendered · 1

little finger my2

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 1

noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular2

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HNcmsc/Sp1bs · 2

All 2, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

1 Kings1 of 2 · 50%
2 Chronicles1 of 2 · 50%

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1 Kings1 occurrence

1 Kings 12:10קָֽטָנִּ֥יkataninoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularThe young men who had grown up with him replied, “This is how you should answer these people who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you should make it lighter.’ This is what you should tell them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist!here: little finger my

2 Chronicles1 occurrence

2 Chronicles 10:10קָֽטָנִּ֥יkataninoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularThe young men who had grown up with him replied, “This is how you should answer these people who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you should make it lighter.’ This is what you should tell them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist!here: little finger my

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