Small
קָטָןStrong’s H6996qatan (qa-tan)
Appears in 100 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Qatan is the Hebrew word usually translated “small”, “young” and “from small”. It appears in 100 verses of the Old Testament.
“For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through the whole earth.”
Meaning
- Young, small, unimportant
How it's translated
- small 34
- young 27
- from small 8
- the young 6
- as the small 4
- the small 4
- and small 3
- insignificant 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 19
- 1 Samuel 13
- Jeremiah 8
- 1 Kings 7
- 2 Kings 7
- 2 Chronicles 7
24 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 1:16And 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 9:24And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him.
- Genesis 19:11And 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 27:15And 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 27:42And 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 29:16And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.
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Hebrew dictionary
קָטָן qatan · small
young, small, unimportant Another spelling of qa.ton (קָטֹן ": small" H6996B)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “small” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SMALL, adjective
- Slender; thin; fine; of little diameter; hence in general, litte in size or quantity; not great; as a small house; a small horse; a small farm; a small body; small particles.
- Minute; slender; fine; as a small voice.
- Little in degree; as small improvement; small acquirements; the trouble is small Ther arose no small stir about that way.
- Being of little moment, weight or importance; as, it is a small matter or thing; a small subject.
All definitions and other forms of “small”
- Of little genius or ability; petty; as a small poet or musician.
- Short; containing little; as a small essay.
- Little in amount; as a small sum; a small price.
- Containing little of the principal quality, or little strenghth; weak; as small beer.
- Gentle; soft; not loud.
- Mean; base; unworthy.
SMALL, noun
The small or slender part of a thing; as the small of the leg or of the back.
SMALL, verb transitive
To make little or less. [Not in use.]
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.