קָצֵר
qâtsêr · kaw-tsare'
short (whether in size, number, life, strength or temper)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H7114 (קָצַר);
short (whether in size, number, life, strength or temper)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: few, hasty, small, soon.
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
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
what comes behind, the returning cycle › to pursue the straight path › the head, the highest
What comes behind, the returning cycle that works to pursue the straight path of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of קָצֵר 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 · 4 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- were of small2 · 40%
- is of few1 · 20%
- he that is soon1 · 20%
- but he that is hasty1 · 20%
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.