Strong's Hebrew · H6996
H6996 qâṭân
קָטָן
kaw-tawn'
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qâṭân appears 101 times in Scripture, including Genesis 1:16 and Genesis 9:24. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
abbreviated, i.e. diminutive, literally (in quantity, size or number) or figuratively (in age or importance)
In the King James Version
least, less(-er), little (one), small(-est, one, quantity, thing), young(-er, -est).
Derivation
or קָטֹן; from H6962 (קוּט);
Appears 101 times in Scripture
“And they struck the men at the entrance, young and old, with blindness, so that they wearied themselves trying to find the door.”
“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.’””
“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.’”
“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.’”
“Since Jacob loved Rachel, he answered, “I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.””
“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.”
“Now Laban had two daughters; the older was named Leah, and the younger was named Rachel.”
“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.”
“When Noah awoke from his drunkenness and learned what his youngest son had done to him,”
“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.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
