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Hebrew adjective · H6996

קָטָן

qatankaw-tawn'

small; small; small: young

101 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: qâṭân

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H6996is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 24 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 65
    spellings
  • 3
    meanings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H6996

abbreviated, i.e. diminutive, literally (in quantity, size or number) or figuratively (in age or importance)

The King James renders it: least, less(-er), little (one), small(-est, one, quantity, thing), young(-er, -est).

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

qatan is rendered "small; small; small: young". It stands 101 times in the Hebrew text, across twenty-four books.

  • Twenty of the uses stand in Genesis, more than in any other book.
  • The lexicon lists three meanings for it, beginning with "small".
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 1:16God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night. And He made the stars as well.
  • The Greek text spells it sixty-five different ways.

The first use

God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night. And He made the stars as well.

Genesis 1:16הַקָּטֹן֙

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

What the word means

The word carries three meanings: small, and small, and small: young.

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

The English STEP Bible gives each use, word by word, and how many times.
smallStrong's entry ATagged aslisted under the tableWhereGenesis 1:16God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the…
smallStrong's entry BTagged aslisted under the tableWherein the ledger below
small: youngStrong's entry BTagged aslisted under the tableWherein the ledger below

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • small27
  • the young26
  • the small11
  • young7
  • from small6
  • as the small4
  • and small2
  • insignificant2
  • the little2
  • to from small2
  • a small1
  • and insignificant1

and 10 more, 101 uses in all

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

Other numbers on this spelling

Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.

The words it stands beside

All 101, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

65 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • הַקָּטֹ֖ן8
  • קָטֹ֖ן8
  • הַקָּטֹן֙5
  • הַקָּטָ֔ן3
  • קָטֹ֛ן3
  • קְטַנָּ֔ה3
  • הַקָּטָ֑ן2
  • הַקָּטֹ֤ן2
  • הַקָּטֹ֔ן2
  • הַקָּטָֽן׃2
  • הַקְּטַנָּ֖ה2
  • מִקָּטֹ֖ן2

and 53 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • the definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singular29HTd/Aamsa
  • adjective · masculine singular24HAamsa
  • adjective · feminine singular9HAafsa
  • preposition + adjective · masculine singular7HR/Aamsa
  • the definite article (“the”) + adjective · feminine singular6HTd/Aafsa
  • preposition with the article + adjective · masculine singular4HRd/Aamsa
  • the definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine plural3HTd/Aampa
  • adjective · feminine plural2HAafpa
  • adjective · masculine plural2HAampa
  • conjunction (“and”) + adjective · feminine singular2HC/Aafsa
  • preposition + preposition + adjective · masculine singular2HR/R/Aamsa
  • adjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1HAampc

Genesis

twenty uses
  • God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night. And He made the stars as well.

    Genesis 1:16

    • הַקָּטֹן֙hakatonthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the small
  • When Noah awoke from his drunkenness and learned what his youngest son had done to him,

    Genesis 9:24

    • הַקָּטָֽן׃hakatanthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the young
  • And they struck the men at the entrance, young and old, with blindness, so that they wearied themselves trying to find the door.

    Genesis 19:11

    • מִקָּטֹ֖ןmikatonpreposition + adjective · masculine singulartagged: from small
  • And Rebekah took the finest clothes in the house that belonged to her older son Esau, and she put them on her younger son Jacob.

    Genesis 27:15

    • הַקָּטָֽן׃hakatanthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the young
  • When the words of her older son Esau were relayed to Rebekah, she sent for her younger son Jacob and told him, “Look, your brother Esau is consoling himself by plotting to kill you.

    Genesis 27:42

    • הַקָּטָ֔ןhakatanthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the young
  • Now Laban had two daughters; the older was named Leah, and the younger was named Rachel.

    Genesis 29:16

    • הַקְּטַנָּ֖הhaketanahthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · feminine singulartagged: the young
  • Since Jacob loved Rachel, he answered, “I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.”

    Genesis 29:18

    • הַקְּטַנָּֽה׃haketanahthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · feminine singulartagged: the young
  • But they answered, “Your servants are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is now with our father, and one is no more.”

    Genesis 42:13

    • הַקָּטֹ֤ןhakatonthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the young
  • And this is how you will be tested: As surely as Pharaoh lives, you shall not leave this place unless your youngest brother comes here.

    Genesis 42:15

    • הַקָּטֹ֖ןhakatonthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the young
  • Then bring your youngest brother to me so that your words can be verified, that you may not die.” And to this they consented.

    Genesis 42:20

    • הַקָּטֹן֙hakatonthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the young
  • We are twelve brothers, sons of one father. One is no more, and the youngest is now with our father in the land of Canaan.’

    Genesis 42:32

    • וְהַקָּטֹ֥ןvehakatonconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: and the young
  • But bring your youngest brother back to me so I will know that you are not spies but honest men. Then I will give your brother back to you, and you can trade in the land.’”

    Genesis 42:34

    • הַקָּטֹן֮hakatonthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the young
  • When Joseph looked up and saw his brother Benjamin, his own mother’s son, he asked, “Is this your youngest brother, the one you told me about?” Then he declared, “May God be gracious to you, my son.”

    Genesis 43:29

    • הַקָּטֹ֔ןhakatonthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the young
  • Put my cup, the silver one, in the mouth of the youngest one’s sack, along with the silver for his grain.” So the steward did as Joseph had instructed.

    Genesis 44:2

    • הַקָּטֹ֔ןhakatonthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the young
  • The steward searched, beginning with the oldest and ending with the youngest—and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.

    Genesis 44:12

    • וּבַקָּטֹ֖ןuvakatonconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + adjective · masculine singulartagged: and with the young
  • And we answered, ‘We have an elderly father and a younger brother, the child of his old age. The boy’s brother is dead. He is the only one of his mother’s sons left, and his father loves him.’

    Genesis 44:20

    • קָטָ֑ןkatanadjective · masculine singulartagged: young
  • But you said to your servants, ‘Unless your younger brother comes down with you, you will not see my face again.’

    Genesis 44:23

    • הַקָּטֹ֖ןhakatonthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the young
  • But we answered, ‘We cannot go down there unless our younger brother goes with us. So if our younger brother is not with us, we cannot see the man.’

    Genesis 44:26

    • הַקָּטֹ֤ןhakatonthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the young
    • הַקָּטֹ֖ןhakatonthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the young
  • But his father refused. “I know, my son, I know!” he said. “He too shall become a people, and he too shall be great; nevertheless, his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his offspring shall become a multitude of nations.”

    Genesis 48:19

    • הַקָּטֹן֙hakatonthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the young

Exodus

two uses
  • Have these men judge the people at all times. Then they can bring you any major issue, but all minor cases they can judge on their own, so that your load may be lightened as they share it with you.

    Exodus 18:22

    • הַקָּטֹ֖ןhakatonthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the small
  • And they judged the people at all times; they would bring the difficult cases to Moses, but any minor issue they would judge themselves.

    Exodus 18:26

    • הַקָּטֹ֖ןhakatonthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the small

Numbers

one use
  • But Balaam replied to the servants of Balak, “If Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not do anything small or great to go beyond the command of the LORD my God.

    Numbers 22:18

    • קְטַנָּ֖הketanahadjective · feminine singulartagged: a small

Deuteronomy

three uses
  • Show no partiality in judging; hear both small and great alike. Do not be intimidated by anyone, for judgment belongs to God. And bring to me any case too difficult for you, and I will hear it.”

    Deuteronomy 1:17

    • כַּקָּטֹ֤ןkakatonpreposition with the article + adjective · masculine singulartagged: as the small
  • You shall not have two differing weights in your bag, one heavy and one light.

    Deuteronomy 25:13

    • וּקְטַנָּֽה׃ סuketanahconjunction (“and”) + adjective · feminine singulartagged: and small
  • You shall not have two differing measures in your house, one large and one small.

    Deuteronomy 25:14

    • וּקְטַנָּֽה׃uketanahconjunction (“and”) + adjective · feminine singulartagged: and small

Judges

four uses
  • So Othniel son of Caleb’s younger brother Kenaz captured the city, and Caleb gave his daughter Acsah to him in marriage.

    Judges 1:13

    • הַקָּטֹ֣ןhakatonthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the young
  • But when the Israelites cried out to the LORD, He raised up Othniel son of Caleb’s younger brother Kenaz as a deliverer to save them.

    Judges 3:9

    • הַקָּטֹ֥ןhakatonthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the young
  • He went to his father’s house in Ophrah, and on one stone murdered his seventy brothers, the sons of Jerubbaal. But Jotham, the youngest son of Jerubbaal, survived, because he hid himself.

    Judges 9:5

    • הַקָּטֹ֖ןhakatonthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the young
  • “I was sure that you thoroughly hated her,” said her father, “so I gave her to one of the men who accompanied you. Is not her younger sister more beautiful than she? Please take her instead.”

    Judges 15:2

    • הַקְּטַנָּה֙haketanahthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · feminine singulartagged: the young

1 Samuel

thirteen uses
  • Each year his mother would make him a little robe and bring it to him when she went with her husband to offer the annual sacrifice.

    1 Samuel 2:19

    • קָטֹן֙katonadjective · masculine singulartagged: small
  • But after they had moved the ark to Gath, the LORD’s hand was also against that city, throwing it into great confusion and afflicting the men of the city, both young and old, with an outbreak of tumors.

    1 Samuel 5:9

    • מִקָּטֹ֖ןmikatonpreposition + adjective · masculine singulartagged: from young
  • Saul replied, “Am I not a Benjamite from the smallest tribe of Israel, and is not my clan the least of all the clans of Benjamin? So why would you say such a thing to me?”

    1 Samuel 9:21

    • מִקַּטַנֵּי֙mikataneipreposition + adjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from small of
  • Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, Ishvi, and Malchishua. His two daughters were named Merab (his firstborn) and Michal (his younger daughter).

    1 Samuel 14:49

    • הַקְּטַנָּ֖הhaketanahthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · feminine singulartagged: the young
  • And Samuel said, “Although you were once small in your own eyes, have you not become the head of the tribes of Israel? The LORD anointed you king over Israel

    1 Samuel 15:17

    • קָטֹ֤ןkatonadjective · masculine singulartagged: small
  • And Samuel asked him, “Are these all the sons you have?” “There is still the youngest,” Jesse replied, “but he is tending the sheep.” “Send for him,” Samuel replied. “For we will not sit down to eat until he arrives.”

    1 Samuel 16:11

    • הַקָּטָ֔ןhakatanthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the young
  • And David was the youngest. The three oldest had followed Saul,

    1 Samuel 17:14

    • הַקָּטָ֑ןhakatanthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the young
  • “Far from it!” Jonathan replied. “You will not die. Indeed, my father does nothing, great or small, without telling me. So why would he hide this matter from me? This cannot be true!”

    1 Samuel 20:2

    • קָטֹ֔ןkatonadjective · masculine singulartagged: small
  • In the morning Jonathan went out to the field for the appointment with David, and a small boy was with him.

    1 Samuel 20:35

    • קָטֹ֖ןkatonadjective · masculine singulartagged: small
  • Was that day the first time I inquired of God for him? Far be it from me! Let not the king accuse your servant or any of my father’s household, for your servant knew nothing of this whole affair—not in part or in whole.”

    1 Samuel 22:15

    • קָטֹ֖ןkatonadjective · masculine singulartagged: small
  • When Abigail returned to Nabal, there he was in the house, holding a feast fit for a king, in high spirits and very drunk. So she told him nothing until morning light.

    1 Samuel 25:36

    • קָטֹ֛ןkatonadjective · masculine singulartagged: small
  • They had taken captive the women and all who were there, both young and old. They had not killed anyone, but had carried them off as they went on their way.

    1 Samuel 30:2

    • מִקָּטֹ֣ןmikatonpreposition + adjective · masculine singulartagged: from small
  • Nothing was missing, young or old, son or daughter, or any of the plunder the Amalekites had taken. David brought everything back.

    1 Samuel 30:19

    • הַקָּטֹ֨ןhakatonthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the small

2 Samuel

two uses
  • And Mephibosheth had a young son named Mica, and all who dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants of Mephibosheth.

    2 Samuel 9:12

    • קָטָ֖ןkatanadjective · masculine singulartagged: young
  • but the poor man had nothing except one small ewe lamb that he had bought. He raised it, and it grew up with him and his children. It shared his food and drank from his cup; it slept in his arms and was like a daughter to him.

    2 Samuel 12:3

    • קְטַנָּה֙ketanahadjective · feminine singulartagged: small

1 Kings

seven uses
  • “I have just one small request of you,” she said. “Do not deny me.” “Make your request, my mother,” the king replied, “for I will not deny you.”

    1 Kings 2:20

    • קְטַנָּה֙ketanahadjective · feminine singulartagged: small
  • And now, O LORD my God, You have made Your servant king in my father David’s place. But I am only a little child, not knowing how to go out or come in.

    1 Kings 3:7

    • קָטֹ֔ןkatonadjective · masculine singulartagged: young
  • On that same day the king consecrated the middle of the courtyard in front of the house of the LORD, and there he offered the burnt offerings, the grain offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, since the bronze altar before the LORD was too small to contain all these offerings.

    1 Kings 8:64

    • קָטֹ֗ןkatonadjective · masculine singulartagged: small
  • But Hadad, still just a young boy, had fled to Egypt, along with some Edomites who were servants of his father.

    1 Kings 11:17

    • קָטָֽן׃katanadjective · masculine singulartagged: young
  • “Do not be afraid,” Elijah said to her. “Go and do as you have said. But first make me a small cake of bread from what you have, and bring it out to me. Afterward, make some for yourself and your son,

    1 Kings 17:13

    • קְטַנָּ֤הketanahadjective · feminine singulartagged: small
  • On the seventh time the servant reported, “There is a cloud as small as a man’s hand rising from the sea.” And Elijah replied, “Go and tell Ahab, ‘Prepare your chariot and go down before the rain stops you.’”

    1 Kings 18:44

    • קְטַנָּ֥הketanahadjective · feminine singulartagged: small
  • Now the king of Aram had ordered his thirty-two chariot commanders, “Do not fight with anyone, small or great, except the king of Israel.”

    1 Kings 22:31

    • קָטֹ֖ןkatonadjective · masculine singulartagged: small

2 Kings

seven uses
  • From there, Elisha went up to Bethel, and as he was walking up the road, a group of boys came out of the city and jeered at him, chanting, “Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!”

    2 Kings 2:23

    • קְטַנִּים֙ketanimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: young
  • Please let us make a small room upstairs and put in it a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp for him. Then when he comes to us, he can stay there.”

    2 Kings 4:10

    • קְטַנָּ֔הketanahadjective · feminine singulartagged: small
  • At this time the Arameans had gone out in bands and had taken a young girl from the land of Israel, and she was serving Naaman’s wife.

    2 Kings 5:2

    • קְטַנָּ֑הketanahadjective · feminine singulartagged: young
  • So Naaman went down and dipped himself in the Jordan seven times, according to the word of the man of God, and his flesh was restored and became like that of a little child, and he was clean.

    2 Kings 5:14

    • קָטֹ֖ןkatonadjective · masculine singulartagged: young
  • For how can you repel a single officer among the least of my master’s servants when you depend on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?

    2 Kings 18:24

    • הַקְּטַנִּ֑יםhaketanimthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: the small
  • And he went up to the house of the LORD with all the people of Judah and Jerusalem, as well as the priests and the prophets—all the people small and great—and in their hearing he read all the words of the Book of the Covenant that had been found in the house of the LORD.

    2 Kings 23:2

    • לְמִקָּטֹ֣ןlemikatonpreposition + preposition + adjective · masculine singulartagged: to from small
  • Then all the people small and great, together with the commanders of the army, arose and fled to Egypt for fear of the Chaldeans.

    2 Kings 25:26

    • מִקָּטֹ֤ןmikatonpreposition + adjective · masculine singulartagged: from small

1 Chronicles

four uses
  • These Gadites were army commanders, the least of whom was a match for a hundred, and the greatest for a thousand.

    1 Chronicles 12:14

    • הַקָּטָ֔ןhakatanthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the little
  • As their brothers the descendants of Aaron did, they also cast lots in the presence of King David and of Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of the families of the priests and Levites—the family heads and their younger brothers alike.

    1 Chronicles 24:31

    • הַקָּטָֽן׃ סhakatanthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the young
  • They cast lots for their duties, young and old alike, teacher as well as pupil.

    1 Chronicles 25:8

    • כַּקָּטֹ֣ןkakatonpreposition with the article + adjective · masculine singulartagged: as the small
  • They cast lots for each gate, according to their families, young and old alike.

    1 Chronicles 26:13

    • כַּקָּטֹ֧ןkakatonpreposition with the article + adjective · masculine singulartagged: as the small

2 Chronicles

seven uses
  • And whoever would not seek the LORD, the God of Israel, would be put to death, whether young or old, man or woman.

    2 Chronicles 15:13

    • קָטֹן֙katonadjective · masculine singulartagged: small
  • Now the king of Aram had ordered his chariot commanders, “Do not fight with anyone, small or great, except the king of Israel.”

    2 Chronicles 18:30

    • הַקָּטֹ֖ןhakatonthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the small
  • So they went to war against Judah, invaded it, and carried off all the possessions found in the king’s palace, along with his sons and wives; not a son was left to him except Jehoahaz, his youngest.

    2 Chronicles 21:17

    • קְטֹ֥ןketonadjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: young of
  • Then the people of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, the youngest son of Jehoram, king in his place, since the raiders who had come into the camp with the Arabs had killed all the older sons. So Ahaziah son of Jehoram became king of Judah.

    2 Chronicles 22:1

    • הַקָּטֹן֙hakatonthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the young
  • Under his authority, Eden, Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah faithfully distributed portions to their fellow priests in their cities, according to their divisions, old and young alike.

    2 Chronicles 31:15

    • כַּקָּטָֽן׃kakatanpreposition with the article + adjective · masculine singulartagged: as the small
  • And he went up to the house of the LORD with all the people of Judah and Jerusalem, as well as the priests and the Levites—all the people small and great—and in their hearing he read all the words of the Book of the Covenant that had been found in the house of the LORD.

    2 Chronicles 34:30

    • קָטָ֑ןkatanadjective · masculine singulartagged: small
  • who carried off everything to Babylon—all the articles of the house of God, both large and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the king and his officials.

    2 Chronicles 36:18

    • וְהַקְּטַנִּ֔יםvehakketanimconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: and the small

Esther

two uses
  • At the end of this time, in the garden court of the royal palace, the king held a seven-day feast for all the people in the citadel of Susa, from the least to the greatest.

    Esther 1:5

    • קָטָ֛ןkatanadjective · masculine singulartagged: insignificant
  • The edict the king issues will be heard throughout his vast kingdom—and so all women, from the least to the greatest, will honor their husbands.”

    Esther 1:20

    • קָטָֽן׃katanadjective · masculine singulartagged: insignificant

Job

one use
  • Both small and great are there, and the slave is freed from his master.

    Job 3:19

    • קָטֹ֣ןkatonadjective · masculine singulartagged: small

Psalms

two uses
  • Here is the sea, vast and wide, teeming with creatures beyond number, living things both great and small.

    Psalms 104:25

    • קְ֝טַנּ֗וֹתketanotadjective · feminine pluraltagged: small
  • He will bless those who fear the LORD— small and great alike.

    Psalms 115:13

    • הַ֝קְּטַנִּ֗יםhaketanimthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: the small

Proverbs

one use
  • Four things on earth are small, yet they are exceedingly wise:

    Proverbs 30:24

    • קְטַנֵּי־ketanei-adjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: small of

Ecclesiastes

one use
  • There was a small city with few men. A mighty king came against it, surrounded it, and built large siege ramps against it.

    Ecclesiastes 9:14

    • קְטַנָּ֔הketanahadjective · feminine singulartagged: small

Song of Solomon

two uses
  • Catch for us the foxes—the little foxes that ruin the vineyards—for our vineyards are in bloom.

    Song of Solomon 2:15

    • קְטַנִּ֖יםketanimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: small
  • We have a little sister, and her breasts are not yet grown. What shall we do for our sister on the day she is spoken for?

    Song of Solomon 8:8

    • קְטַנָּ֔הketanahadjective · feminine singulartagged: small

Isaiah

five uses
  • The wolf will live with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the goat; the calf and young lion and fatling will be together, and a little child will lead them.

    Isaiah 11:6

    • קָטֹ֖ןkatonadjective · masculine singulartagged: small
  • So they will hang on him all the glory of his father’s house: the descendants and the offshoots—all the lesser vessels, from bowls to every kind of jar.

    Isaiah 22:24

    • הַקָּטָ֑ןhakatanthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the small
  • For how can you repel a single officer among the least of my master’s servants when you depend on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?

    Isaiah 36:9

    • הַקְטַנִּ֑יםhaktanimthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: the little
  • “For a brief moment I forsook you, but with great compassion I will bring you back.

    Isaiah 54:7

    • קָטֹ֖ןkatonadjective · masculine singulartagged: small
  • The least of you will become a thousand, and the smallest a mighty nation. I am the LORD; in its time I will accomplish it quickly.

    Isaiah 60:22

    • הַקָּטֹן֙hakatonthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the small

Jeremiah

eight uses
  • “For from the least of them to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all practice deceit.

    Jeremiah 6:13

    • מִקְּטַנָּם֙miketanampreposition + adjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: from little their
  • Therefore I will give their wives to other men and their fields to new owners. For from the least of them to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all practice deceit.

    Jeremiah 8:10

    • מִקָּטֹן֙mikatonpreposition + adjective · masculine singulartagged: from small
  • “Both great and small will die in this land. They will not be buried or mourned, nor will anyone cut himself or shave his head for them.

    Jeremiah 16:6

    • וּקְטַנִּ֛יםuketanimconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: and insignificant
  • No longer will each man teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.”

    Jeremiah 31:34

    • לְמִקְטַנָּ֤םlemiktanampreposition + preposition + adjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: to from little their
  • Then all the commanders of the forces, along with Johanan son of Kareah, Jezaniah son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least to the greatest, approached

    Jeremiah 42:1

    • מִקָּטֹ֥ןmikatonpreposition + adjective · masculine singulartagged: from small
  • and he summoned Johanan son of Kareah, all the commanders of the forces who were with him, and all the people from the least to the greatest.

    Jeremiah 42:8

    • לְמִקָּטֹ֥ןlemikatonpreposition + preposition + adjective · masculine singulartagged: to from small
  • And I will take away the remnant of Judah who have resolved to go to the land of Egypt to reside there; they will meet their end. They will all fall by the sword or be consumed by famine. From the least to the greatest, they will die by sword or famine; and they will become an object of cursing and horror, of vilification and reproach.

    Jeremiah 44:12

    • מִקָּטֹן֙mikatonpreposition + adjective · masculine singulartagged: from small
  • “For behold, I will make you small among nations, despised among men.

    Jeremiah 49:15

    • קָטֹ֛ןkatonadjective · masculine singulartagged: small

Ezekiel

three uses
  • Your older sister was Samaria, who lived with her daughters to your north; and your younger sister was Sodom, who lived with her daughters to your south.

    Ezekiel 16:46

    • הַקְּטַנָּ֣הhaketanahthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · feminine singulartagged: the young
  • Then you will remember your ways and be ashamed when you receive your older and younger sisters. I will give them to you as daughters, but not because of My covenant with you.

    Ezekiel 16:61

    • הַקְּטַנּ֖וֹתhaketanotthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · feminine pluraltagged: the young
  • The space from the gutter on the ground to the lower ledge shall be two cubits, and the ledge one cubit wide. The space from the smaller ledge to the larger ledge shall be four cubits, and the ledge one cubit wide.

    Ezekiel 43:14

    • הַקְּטַנָּ֜הhaketanahthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · feminine singulartagged: the small

Amos

three uses
  • For the LORD gives a command: “The great house will be smashed to pieces, and the small house to rubble.”

    Amos 6:11

    • הַקָּטֹ֖ןhakatonthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the small
  • And when the locusts had eaten every green plant in the land, I said, “Lord GOD, please forgive! How will Jacob survive, since he is so small?”

    Amos 7:2

    • קָטֹ֖ןkatonadjective · masculine singulartagged: small
  • Then I said, “Lord GOD, please stop! How will Jacob survive, since he is so small?”

    Amos 7:5

    • קָטֹ֖ןkatonadjective · masculine singulartagged: small

Obadiah

one use
  • “Behold, I will make you small among the nations; you will be deeply despised.

    Obadiah 1:2

    • קָטֹ֛ןkatonadjective · masculine singulartagged: small

Jonah

one use
  • And the Ninevites believed God. They proclaimed a fast and dressed in sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least.

    Jonah 3:5

    • קְטַנָּֽם׃ketanamadjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: insignificant their

Zechariah

one use
  • For who has despised the day of small things? But these seven eyes of the LORD, which scan the whole earth, will rejoice when they see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel.”

    Zechariah 4:10

    • קְטַנּוֹת֒ketanotadjective · feminine pluraltagged: small

The letters

Gematria 159· 809 mispar gadol

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

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Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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