Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H6996: קָטָן

qâṭân · pronounced kaw-tawn' · “small”

Definition

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

KJV translates it as: least, less(-er), little (one), small(-est, one, quantity, thing), young(-er, -est).

Word origin: or קָטֹן; from H6962 (קוּט);

Extended definition

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

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H6996 is translated

  • small ×41
  • young ×29
  • the small ×7
  • young brother ×4
  • young one ×3
  • their ×3
  • little ×2
  • insignificant ×2
  • is small ×2
  • a small thing ×1
  • the small of ×1
  • were small ×1

Bible verses with H6996 (qâṭân)

Qâṭân appears in 100 verses; the first 25 are shown below.

  • Genesis 1:16

    And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.

  • Genesis 9:24

    And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him.

  • Genesis 19:11

    And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door.

  • Genesis 27:15

    And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son:

  • Genesis 27:42

    And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, purposing to kill thee.

  • Genesis 29:16

    And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.

  • Genesis 29:18

    And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.

  • Genesis 42:13

    And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.

  • Genesis 42:15

    Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.

  • Genesis 42:20

    But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.

  • Genesis 42:32

    We be twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.

  • Genesis 42:34

    And bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are true men: so will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffick in the land.

  • Genesis 43:29

    And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother’s son, and said, Is this your younger brother, of whom ye spake unto me? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son.

  • Genesis 44:2

    And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack’s mouth of the youngest, and his corn money. And he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken.

  • Genesis 44:12

    And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.

  • Genesis 44:20

    And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him.

  • Genesis 44:23

    And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more.

  • Genesis 44:26

    And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down: for we may not see the man’s face, except our youngest brother be with us.

  • Genesis 48:19

    And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.

  • Exodus 18:22

    And let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear the burden with thee.

  • Exodus 18:26

    And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.

  • Numbers 22:18

    And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the Lord my God, to do less or more.

  • 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 God’s: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.

  • Deuteronomy 25:13

    Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.

  • Deuteronomy 25:14

    Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a small.

All 100 references

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