Midvash

קָטֹןqâṭôn

קֹ֫דֶשׁ: apartness, sacredness

Pronunciation: kaw-tone' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6994

Meanings

1. apartness, sacredness, holiness, of God

a. holy arm (Exodus 15:11; Psalms 68:18; Psalms 77:14)

d. his holy Spirit (Isaiah 63:10; Isaiah 63:11; Psalms 51:13)

2. of places set apart as sacred by God's presence

c. shekel of the sanctuary (Exodus 40:9; Numbers 3:28; Exodus 38:24)

d. by his holiness (2 Chronicles 29:7; Daniel 8:13; Isaiah 43:28)

3. things consecrated at sacred places

4. persons sacred by connection with sacred places

b. covt. between God and his people (Jeremiah 2:3; Psalms 114:2; Isaiah 62:12)

5. times consecrated to worship (Exodus 16:23; Exodus 31:14; Exodus 31:15)

6. of things and persons ceremonially cleansed, and so separated as sacred (1 Samuel 21:6; Jeremiah 11:15; Malachi 2:11)

קָטֹן: be small, insignificant

Qal: I am too insignificant for (Genesis 32:11; 2 Samuel 7:19; 1 Chronicles 17:17)

Hiph`il: making, small (Amos 8:5)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 4 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 32:10 I am not worthy of all the unfailing love and faithfulness you have shown to me, your servant. When I left home and crossed the Jordan River, I owned nothing except a walking stick. Now my household fills two large camps!
  • 2 Samuel 7:19 And now, Sovereign Lord, in addition to everything else, you speak of giving your servant a lasting dynasty! Do you deal with everyone this way, O Sovereign Lord?
  • 1 Chronicles 17:17 And now, O God, in addition to everything else, you speak of giving your servant a lasting dynasty! You speak as though I were someone very great, O Lord God!
  • Amos 8:5 You can’t wait for the Sabbath day to be over and the religious festivals to end so you can get back to cheating the helpless. You measure out grain with dishonest measures and cheat the buyer with dishonest scales.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).