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Qatan <a href="../hebrew/6998.htm" title="6998">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">Qatan: Small, little, insignificant, young</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="hebrew">קָטָן</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Proper Name Masculine<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>Qatan<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>kah-TAHN<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(kaw-tawn')<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Small, little, insignificant, young<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>Katan<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Derived from a root word meaning "to be small" or "to be insignificant."<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span> - <b>G3398 (μικρός, mikros):</b> Often used in the New Testament to denote smallness in size or importance, similar to "qatan."<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The Hebrew word "qatan" is used to describe something that is small in size, quantity, or importance. It can refer to physical size, age, or social status. In the context of age, it often denotes youth or the youngest in a family. In terms of importance, it can imply insignificance or lesser status.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Hebrew culture, the concept of "smallness" or "littleness" could carry both positive and negative connotations. On one hand, being "small" or "young" could imply vulnerability or lack of status. On the other hand, it could also suggest humility or the potential for growth. The youngest in a family, for example, might be seen as less significant in terms of inheritance but could also be cherished and protected.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/hebrew/6994.htm">qaton</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>"the small," father of a postexilic Isr.<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>Hakkatan (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> II. <font class="hebrew2">קָטָן</font> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>proper name, masculine</b></font> <em>(the small)</em>; — <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">הַקּ</font>, post-ex, name <a href="/interlinear/ezra/8-12.htm">Ezra 8:12</a>, <font face="Gentium,Galatia SIL,SBL Greek,GFS Porson,Times New Roman">Ακ</font>(<font face="Gentium,Galatia SIL,SBL Greek,GFS Porson,Times New Roman">κ</font>)<font face="Gentium,Galatia SIL,SBL Greek,GFS Porson,Times New Roman">ατά</font> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>Hakkatan including the article <p>The same as <a href="/hebrew/6996.htm">qatan</a>; small; Katan, an Israelite -- Hakkatan (including the article). <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/6996.htm">qatan</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>הַקָּטָ֑ן הקטן hakkaTan haq·qā·ṭān haqqāṭān<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/ezra/8-12.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezra 8:12</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezra/8.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">יוֹחָנָ֖ן בֶּן־ <b> הַקָּטָ֑ן </b> וְעִמּ֕וֹ מֵאָ֥ה</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezra/8.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> the son <span class="itali">of Hakkatan</span> and 110<br><a href="/kjvs/ezra/8.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> the son <span class="itali">of Hakkatan,</span> and with him an hundred<br><a href="/interlinear/ezra/8-12.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> Johanan the son <span class="itali">of Hakkatan</span> with an hundred<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6997.htm">1 Occurrence</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6997.htm">Strong's Hebrew 6997<br>1 Occurrence</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/hakkatan_6997.htm">haq·qā·ṭān — 1 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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