קָצֵר
katser · short
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H7116 · appears 5 times in the Bible
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katser (קָצֵר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “short”.
"Short of hand" means without strength, unable to do anything (2 Kings 19:26). "Short of spirit" or "of anger" is the impatient one (Proverbs 14:17, 29); "short of days," one who lives a short time (Job 14:1).
How to say it
ka·tser
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
- Of few days; impatient, quick to anger.
- Powerless.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- One who is short ×2
- lacking strength ×2
- short ×1
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- 2 Kings 19:26
Their inhabitants, lacking strength, were terrified and put to shame; they were grass of the field and green of new grass, grass on the roofs, scorched before it grows up.
- Job 14:1
A human being born of woman is short of days and sated with turmoil.
- Proverbs 14:17
One who is short of anger does folly, and a man of schemes is hated.
- Proverbs 14:29
One who is slow to anger is great in insight, but one who is short of spirit exalts folly.
- Isaiah 37:27
Their inhabitants, lacking strength, were terrified and put to shame; they were grass of the field and green of new grass, grass on the roofs, and a sown field before it grows up.