קָצֶה
qâtseh · kaw-tseh'
an extremity
Lexicon
Derivation: or (negative only) קֵצֶה; from H7096 (קָצָה); (used in a great variety of applications and idioms; compare H7093 (קֵץ))
an extremity
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [idiom] after, border, brim, brink, edge, end, (in-) finite, frontier, outmost coast, quarter, shore, (out-) side, [idiom] some, ut(-ter-) most (part).
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 קָצֶה 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
97 occurrences · 97 OT · 0 NT · 38 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- from the end4 · 7%
- from the ends4 · 7%
- at the end4 · 7%
- and it came to pass at the end3 · 5%
- to the end3 · 5%
- from the one end3 · 5%
- end3 · 5%
- unto the end3 · 5%
- in the edge3 · 5%
- even unto the other end2 · 4%
- in the uttermost2 · 4%
- the utmost2 · 4%
- from one end2 · 4%
- the end2 · 4%
- unto the outside2 · 4%
- to the uttermost part2 · 4%
- even to the other end2 · 4%
- neither is there any end2 · 4%
- from end1 · 2%
- the border1 · 2%
- unto the borders1 · 2%
- some1 · 2%
- which he hath, which is in the end1 · 2%
- from every quarter1 · 2%
- and after the 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.