Midvash

קָטָןqâṭân

קָטָן: small, young, unimportant

Pronunciation: kaw-tawn' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6996

Meanings

1. small, especially

a. of children, youth = young (Genesis 44:20; 2 Samuel 9:12; 1 Kings 11:17)

b. of things (Numbers 22:18; Deuteronomy 25:13; Deuteronomy 25:14)

2. small

a. with added idea of weakness (2 Kings 18:24; Isaiah 36:9; Ecclesiastes 9:14)

b. = insignificant (1 Samuel 9:21; Jeremiah 6:13; Jeremiah 31:34)

קָטֹן: small, insignificant

1. small, especially

a. of youth = young (1 Samuel 20:35; 1 Kings 3:7; 2 Kings 5:14)

b. of things (1 Samuel 2:19; 1 Kings 8:64; Amos 6:11)

2. = unimportant, = insignificant (Exodus 18:22; Exodus 18:26; 1 Samuel 20:2)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 101 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 1:16 God made two great lights—the larger one to govern the day, and the smaller one to govern the night. He also made the stars.
  • Genesis 9:24 When Noah woke up from his stupor, he learned what Ham, his youngest son, had done.
  • Genesis 19:11 Then they blinded all the men, young and old, who were at the door of the house, so they gave up trying to get inside.
  • Genesis 27:15 Then she took Esau’s favorite clothes, which were there in the house, and gave them to her younger son, Jacob.
  • Genesis 27:42 But Rebekah heard about Esau’s plans. So she sent for Jacob and told him, “Listen, Esau is consoling himself by plotting to kill you.
  • Genesis 29:16 Now Laban had two daughters. The older daughter was named Leah, and the younger one was Rachel.
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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).