קָצָה
qâtsâh · kaw-tsaw'
to cut off; (figuratively) to destroy; (partially) to scrape off
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to cut off; (figuratively) to destroy; (partially) to scrape off
- to cut off
- (figuratively) to destroy
- (partially) to scrape off
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: cut off, cut short, scrape (off).
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
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
what comes behind, the returning cycle › to pursue the straight path › to reveal, behold
What comes behind, the returning cycle that works to pursue the straight path that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of קָצָה 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
5 occurrences · 5 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- that they scrape1 · 17%
- he hath scraped1 · 17%
- to cut1 · 17%
- short1 · 17%
- cutteth off1 · 17%
- by cutting off1 · 17%
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.