קָטָן qatan

Hebrew word for “small” · Strong’s H6996 · used 101 times in 100 verses

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Meaning

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

Senses in the lexicon

• small (46)
• small (36)
• small: young (19)

How it is translated

Glosses given for qatan in context, with how often each is used:

• small 52
• young 29
• young one 4
• little 4
• young brother 4
• insignificant 3
• small things 2
• small thing 1
• insignificant people 1
• too small 1

Where it is used

Also in 12 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Genesis 42 (5), Genesis 44 (5), Genesis 27 (2), Genesis 29 (2), Exodus 18 (2), Deuteronomy 25 (2), 1 Samuel 20 (2), 1 Samuel 30 (2), 2 Kings 5 (2), Esther 1 (2)

Forms

• הקטן 29
• קטן 25
• קטנה 9
• מקטן 7
• הקטנה 6
• כקטן 4
• הקטנים 3
• וקטנה 2
• קטנים 2
• קטנות 2

Words used with it

Words that share verses with qatan more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• גָּדוֹל gadol “great” 48
• עַד ad “till” 21
• אָח ach “brother” 17
• אֵת et “with” 13
• דָּבָר davar “word” 14
• אָב av “father” 13
• עֶבֶד eved “servant/slave” 10
• נַעַר naar “youth” 7
• אִם im “if” 10
• אֶחָד echad “one” 9
• מִן־ min “from” 10
• בַּת bat “daughter” 8

Key verses

The verses using qatan that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Deuteronomy 1:17 — Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is…
• 1 Samuel 25:36 — And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal’s heart was merry within him, for he was very…
• 1 Kings 3:7 — And now, O LORD my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in.
• 2 Kings 2:23 — And he went up from thence unto Beth-el: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto…
• Isaiah 11:6 — The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little…
• Isaiah 54:7 — For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee.
• Jeremiah 6:13 — For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth…
• Jeremiah 8:10 — Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall inherit for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to…
• Jeremiah 31:34 — And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto…
• Ezekiel 16:61 — Then thou shalt remember thy ways, and be ashamed, when thou shalt receive thy sisters, thine elder and thy younger: and I will give them unto thee for…
• Jonah 3:5 — So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.
• Zechariah 4:10 — For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.