katsa · end, edge

What it means

katsa (קָצָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “end, edge”.

Tip of something.

How to say it

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

1. The part where something ends: the tip, the edge or the corner.
2. All those who make up a group, taken from among them.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• ends ×22
• end ×6
• among all ×3
• tip ×2
• corners ×1
• edges ×1
• whole number ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Exodus×21
• Judges×1
• 1 Kings×4
• 2 Kings×1
• Job×2
• Psalms×2
• Isaiah×3
• Jeremiah×1
• Ezekiel×1

• Exodus 25:18

  You shall make two cherubim of gold; of hammered work you shall make them, at the two ends of the cover of expiation.

• Exodus 25:19

  Make one cherub at the end on this side and one cherub at the end on that side; of one piece with the cover of expiation you shall make the cherubim on its two ends.

• Exodus 26:4

  You shall make loops of blue on the edge of the one curtain at the end of the set; and likewise you shall make them on the edge of the outermost curtain in the second set.

• Exodus 27:4

  You shall make for it a grating, a network of bronze, and you shall make on the network four rings of bronze at its four corners.

• Exodus 28:7

  It shall have two shoulder pieces joined to its two ends, so that it is joined together.

• Exodus 28:23

  You shall make on the breastpiece two rings of gold, and put the two rings on the two ends of the breastpiece.

• Exodus 28:24

  You shall put the two cords of gold in the two rings at the ends of the breastpiece;

• Exodus 28:25

  and the other two ends of the two cords you shall put on the two settings, and put them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod at the front of it.

• Exodus 28:26

  You shall make two rings of gold and put them on the two ends of the breastpiece, on its edge that is toward the side of the ephod, inward.

• Exodus 36:11

  And he made loops of blue on the edge of the one curtain at the end in the set; so he made on the edge of the outermost curtain in the second set.

• Exodus 37:7

  And he made two cherubim of gold; of hammered work he made them, at the two ends of the cover of expiation,

• Exodus 37:8

  one cherub at the end on this side, and one cherub at the end on that side; of one piece with the cover of expiation he made the cherubim at its two ends.

• Exodus 39:4

  Shoulder pieces they made for it, joining; at its two ends it was joined.

• Exodus 39:16

  And they made two settings of gold and two rings of gold, and put the two rings on the two ends of the breastpiece.

• Exodus 39:17

  And they put the two cords of gold on the two rings at the ends of the breastpiece.

• Exodus 39:18

  And the other two ends of the two cords they put on the two settings, and they put them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod, at its front.

• Exodus 39:19

  And they made two rings of gold and put them on the two ends of the breastpiece, on its edge that was on the side of the ephod inward.

• Judges 18:2

  So the sons of Dan sent from their family five men from their whole number, men of valor, from Zorah and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land and to explore it. And they said to them, “Go, explore the land.” And they came to the hill country of Ephraim, as far as the house of Micah, and spent the night there.

• 1 Kings 6:24

  And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub: ten cubits from the tip of its wings to the tip of its wings.

• 1 Kings 12:31

  He also made a house of high places, and made priests from among all the people, who were not of the sons of Levi.

• 1 Kings 13:33

  After this thing Jeroboam did not turn from his evil way, but he again made from among all the people priests of high places; whoever wanted, he ordained him, and he became one of the priests of high places.

• 2 Kings 17:32

  They feared YHWH, and they made for themselves from among all of them priests of high places, who were officiating for them in the house of the high places.

• Job 26:14

  Look, these are the edges of his ways; and what a whisper of a word is heard of him; but the thunder of his powers, who will consider it?”

• Job 28:24

  For he looks to the ends of the earth; under all the heavens he sees.

• Psalms 19:6

  From the end of the heavens is its going out, and its circuit to their ends; and nothing is hidden from its heat.

• Psalms 65:8

  And the inhabitants of the ends of the earth fear because of your signs; the goings out of the morning and of the evening you make shout for joy.

• Isaiah 40:28

  Do you not know, or have you not heard? The eternal Elohim is YHWH, Creator of the ends of the earth; he does not grow tired nor weary; there is no searching of his understanding.

• Isaiah 41:5

  The coastlands saw and fear; the ends of the earth tremble; they drew near and came.

• Isaiah 41:9

  you whom I took hold of from the ends of the earth, and from its remotest corners called, and said to you, “You are my servant; I have chosen you and have not rejected you”:

• Jeremiah 49:36

  And I will bring upon Elam four winds from the four ends of the heavens, and I will scatter them to all these winds, and there will be no nation to which those driven out of Elam will not come.

• Ezekiel 15:4

  Look, it is given to the fire for fuel; its two ends the fire consumes, and its middle is charred. Is it useful for any work?

And 5 more times.