Be small
קָטֹןStrong’s H6994qaton (qa-ton)
Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Qaton is the Hebrew word usually translated “it was small”, “am insignificant” and “make small”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
“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.”
Meaning
- To be small, be insignificant(Qal) to be insignificant · (Hiphil) to make small, reduce significantly
How it's translated
- and it was small 2
- i am insignificant 1
- to make small 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 1
- 2 Samuel 1
- 1 Chronicles 1
- Amos 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Samuel 7:19And 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 17:17And 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 8:5Saying, 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?
Hebrew dictionary
קָטֹן qaton · be small
1) to be small, be insignificant 1a) (Qal) to be insignificant 1b) (Hiphil) to make small, reduce significantly
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.