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Shortness

קֹ֫צֶרStrong’s H7115

qotser (qo-tser)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Qotser is the Hebrew word usually translated “from shortness of”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.”
Exodus 6:9 KJV
Meaning
  1. Shortness, impatience, anguish
How it's translated
  • from shortness of 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Exodus 1

1 book in all.

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    Hebrew dictionary

    קֹ֫צֶר qotser · shortness

    shortness, impatience, anguish

    From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “shortness” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    SHORT'NESS, noun

    1. The quality of being short in space or time; little length or little duration; as the shortness of a journey or of distance; the shortness of the days in winter; the shortness of life.
    2. Fewness of words; brevity; conciseness; as th eshortness of an essay.
    3. Want of reach or the power of retention; as the shortness of the memory.
    4. Deficiency; imperfection; limited extent; as the shortness of our reason.
    All definitions and other forms of “shortness”

      SHORT'-RIB, noun

      [short and rib.]

      One of the lower ribs; a rib shorter than the others, below the sternum; a false rib.

        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.