Word Study · Strong's H7021 · Hebrew
קִיקָיוֹן
qiqayon
kee-kaw-yone'
Strong's 1890 spelling: qîyqâyôwn
“the gourd (as nauseous)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
the gourd (as nauseous)
Rendered in the KJV as
gourd.
- 5occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 5inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 5 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 5
- הַקִּֽיקָי֖וֹן1
- הַקִּֽיקָי֖וֹן1
- הַקִּֽיקָי֑וֹן1
- הַקִּ֣יקָי֔וֹן1
- קִיקָי֞וֹן1
How it is rendered · 2
- the plant4
- a plant1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular4
- noun · masculine singular1
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- HTd/Ncmsa · 4
- HNcmsa · 1
All 5, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Jonah5 occurrences
- Jonah 4:6קִיקָי֞וֹןkikayonnoun · masculine singularSo the LORD God appointed a vine, and it grew up to provide shade over Jonah’s head to ease his discomfort, and Jonah was greatly pleased with the plant.here: a plant
- Jonah 4:6הַקִּֽיקָי֖וֹןhakikayonthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularSo the LORD God appointed a vine, and it grew up to provide shade over Jonah’s head to ease his discomfort, and Jonah was greatly pleased with the plant.here: the plant
- Jonah 4:7הַקִּֽיקָי֖וֹןhakikayonthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularWhen dawn came the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant so that it withered.here: the plant
- Jonah 4:9הַקִּֽיקָי֑וֹןhakikayonthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularThen God asked Jonah, “Have you any right to be angry about the plant?” “I do,” he replied. “I am angry enough to die!”here: the plant
- Jonah 4:10הַקִּ֣יקָי֔וֹןhakikayonthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularBut the LORD said, “You cared about the plant, which you neither tended nor made grow. It sprang up in a night and perished in a night.here: the plant