קָטֹן
katon · be small, unworthy
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H6994 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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katon (קָטֹן) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “be small, unworthy”.
Be small, of little account; make small. "I am too small for": I am unworthy of.
How to say it
ka·ton
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
- Be of slight importance; be unworthy.
- Reduce in size.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Where it appears
- Genesis 32:10
I am too small for all the acts of loyal love and all the faithfulness that you have shown your servant; for with my staff I crossed this Jordan, and now I have become two camps.
- 2 Samuel 7:19
And this was still small in your eyes, Adonai YHWH; and you have spoken also of the house of your servant for a long time to come; and this is the manner of humankind, Adonai YHWH!
- 1 Chronicles 17:17
And this was small in your eyes, Elohim; and you have spoken of the house of your servant for a long time to come; and you have regarded me according to the rank of a man of high degree, YHWH Elohim.
- Amos 8:5
saying, “When will the new moon be over, so that we may sell grain, and the Sabbath, so that we may open the stores of wheat, to make small the ephah and make great the shekel, and to falsify scales of deceit,