H6994: קָטֹן
qâṭôn · pronounced kaw-tone' · “be small”
Definition
to diminish, i.e. be (causatively, make) diminutive or (figuratively) of no account
KJV translates it as: be a (make) small (thing), be not worthy.
Word origin: a primitive root (rather denominative from H6996 (קָטָן));
Extended definition
1a) (Qal) to be insignificant
1b) (Hiphil) to make small, reduce significantly
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H6994 is translated
- it was small ×2
- i am too insignificant ×1
- make small ×1
Bible verses with H6994 (qâṭôn)
Qâṭôn appears in 4 verses.
- Genesis 32:10
I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.
- 2 Samuel 7:19
And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord God; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant’s house for a great while to come. And is this the manner of man, O Lord God?
- 1 Chronicles 17:17
And yet this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; for thou hast also spoken of thy servant’s house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O Lord God.
- Amos 8:5
Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?