קְצָת
qᵉtsâth · kets-awth'
a termination (literally or figuratively); also (by implication) a portion; adverbially (with prepositional prefix) after
Lexicon
Derivation: from H7096 (קָצָה);
a termination (literally or figuratively); also (by implication) a portion; adverbially (with prepositional prefix) after
- a termination (literally or figuratively)
- also, (by implication) a portion
- 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: end, part, [idiom] some.
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
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
what comes behind, the returning cycle › to pursue the straight path › the mark, the covenant sign
What comes behind, the returning cycle that works to pursue the straight path of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of קְצָת 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
7 occurrences · 7 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and some of1 · 20%
- with part1 · 20%
- that at the end1 · 20%
- and at the end1 · 20%
- now at the end1 · 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.