קֹטֶן
koten · little finger
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H6995 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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koten (קֹטֶן) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “little finger”.
Something small; specifically the little finger. It appears only in the saying of the young men to Rehoboam (1 Kings 12:10; 2 Chronicles 10:10).
How to say it
ko·ten
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
- The smallest digit of the hand.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Where it appears
- 1 Kings 12:10
The young men who had grown up with him spoke to him, saying, “Thus you shall say to this people who spoke to you, saying, ‘Your father made heavy our yoke, but you, lighten it from on us’; thus you shall speak to them: ‘My little finger is thicker than the waist of my father.
- 2 Chronicles 10:10
The young men who had grown up with him spoke to him, saying, “Thus you shall say to the people who spoke to you, saying, ‘Your father made heavy our yoke, but you, lighten it from on us’; thus you shall say to them: ‘My little finger is thicker than the waist of my father.