קְטַר
ketar · knot; difficult problem
Aramaic word · Strong’s number H7001 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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ketar (קְטַר) is an Aramaic word of the Bible that means “knot; difficult problem”.
Knot (Aramaic); hence a joint of the body, and a riddle, a hard problem.
How to say it
ke·tar
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Hard problems to solve, riddles.
- Where the bones meet.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- knots ×2
- joints ×1
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Daniel 5:6
Then the king’s color changed and his thoughts troubled him, and the joints of his hips were loosened, and his knees knocked one against the other.
- Daniel 5:12
because an extraordinary spirit and knowledge and insight for interpreting dreams and declaring riddles and loosening knots were found in him, in Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar. Now let Daniel be called, and he will declare the interpretation.”
- Daniel 5:16
But I have heard of you that you can give interpretations and loosen knots. Now if you can read the writing and make known to me its interpretation, you will be clothed with purple, and a necklace of gold will be on your neck, and as third in the kingdom you will rule.”