קָטָן
qâṭân · kaw-tawn'
abbreviated, i.e. diminutive, literally (in quantity, size or number) or figuratively (in age or importance)
Lexicon
Derivation: or קָטֹן; from H6962 (קוּט);
abbreviated, i.e. diminutive, literally (in quantity, size or number) or figuratively (in age or importance)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: least, less(-er), little (one), small(-est, one, quantity, thing), young(-er, -est).
Letters
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- טTet9
Picture: a basket, or something coiled
- Concrete
- basket · coil · snake · container
- Extended
- to surround · to contain · to store · to twist
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
what comes behind, the returning cycle › to surround and contain › the seed, life continuing
What comes behind, the returning cycle that works to surround and contain of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of קָטָן above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
101 occurrences · 101 OT · 0 NT · 65 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- both small6 · 10%
- and small4 · 7%
- a little4 · 7%
- from the least3 · 5%
- of the least3 · 5%
- small3 · 5%
- your youngest3 · 5%
- younger2 · 3%
- the small2 · 3%
- a little one2 · 3%
- of the younger2 · 3%
- and thy younger2 · 3%
- her younger2 · 3%
- the youngest2 · 3%
- little2 · 3%
- and a little2 · 3%
- or small2 · 3%
- thee small2 · 3%
- and a small2 · 3%
- for he is small2 · 3%
- less2 · 3%
- and, behold, the youngest1 · 2%
- thy younger1 · 2%
- what his younger1 · 2%
- and the lesser1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.