קֹצֶר

kotser · shortness (of spirit)

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H7115 · appears 1 time in the Bible

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What it means

kotser (קֹצֶר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “shortness (of spirit)”.

"Shortness of spirit": discouragement, lack of heart. It occurs only in Exodus 6:9.

How to say it

ko·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

  1. A spirit shrunk by suffering, with no strength to listen.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Related words

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

Where it appears

  • Exodus 6:9

    Moses spoke this way to the sons of Israel, but they did not listen to Moses because of their discouragement and because of hard bondage.