Only
קָ֔טStrong’s H6985qat
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Qat is the Hebrew word usually translated “only”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“Yet hast thou not walked after their ways, nor done after their abominations: but, as if that were a very little thing, thou wast corrupted more than they in all thy ways.”
Meaning
- A small thing, little, merely (adv)meaning uncertain
How it's translated
- only 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezekiel 1
1 book in all.
Related words
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Hebrew dictionary
קָ֔ט qat · only
1) a small thing, little, merely (adv) 1a) meaning uncertain
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “only” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
ONLY, adjective
- Single; one along; as, John was the only man present.
- This and no other.
- This above all others.
All definitions and other forms of “only”
ONLY, adverb
- Singly; merely; barely; in one manner or for one purpose along.
- This and no other wise.“Every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually” Genesis 6:5
- Singly; without more; as only-begotten.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.