קָצָה
qâtsâh · kaw-tsaw'
a termination
Lexicon
Derivation: feminine of H7097 (קָצֶה); (used like H7097 (קָצֶה))
a termination
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: coast, corner, (selv-) edge, lowest, (uttermost) participle
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
35 occurrences · 35 OT · 0 NT · 17 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- ends10 · 29%
- from the selvedge2 · 6%
- edges2 · 6%
- of the lowest2 · 6%
- the ends2 · 6%
- on the one end1 · 3%
- end1 · 3%
- corners1 · 3%
- which are on the ends1 · 3%
- on the end1 · 3%
- on the other end1 · 3%
- on the ends1 · 3%
- from their coasts1 · 3%
- from the uttermost part1 · 3%
- unto the uttermost part1 · 3%
- unto themselves of the lowest1 · 3%
- lo, these are parts1 · 3%
- to the ends1 · 3%
- unto the ends1 · 3%
- of the ends1 · 3%
- from the ends1 · 3%
- quarters1 · 3%
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.