קֵץ
qêts · kates
an extremity; adverbially (with prepositional prefix) after
Lexicon
Derivation: contracted from H7112 (קָצַץ);
an extremity; adverbially (with prepositional prefix) after
- an extremity
- adverbially, (with prepositional prefix) after
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [phrase] after, (utmost) border, end, (in-) finite, [idiom] process.
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
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
what comes behind, the returning cycle › to pursue the straight path
What comes behind, the returning cycle that works to pursue the straight path.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of קֵץ 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
67 occurrences · 67 OT · 0 NT · 40 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and it came to pass at the end7 · 13%
- the end5 · 9%
- at the end5 · 9%
- of the end5 · 9%
- after4 · 7%
- and it came to pass after4 · 7%
- an end4 · 7%
- and after2 · 4%
- there is no end2 · 4%
- shall have an end2 · 4%
- and in process1 · 2%
- end1 · 2%
- of his borders1 · 2%
- and what is mine end1 · 2%
- have an end1 · 2%
- infinite1 · 2%
- mine end1 · 2%
- yet is there no end1 · 2%
- there shall be no end1 · 2%
- after the end1 · 2%
- and it shall come to pass after the end1 · 2%
- of his border1 · 2%
- against her from the utmost border1 · 2%
- thine end1 · 2%
- our end1 · 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.