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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Hebrew: 6991. קָטַל (qatal) -- To kill, slay</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/hebrew/6991.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/psalms/139-19.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/hebrew/6991.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Hebrew</a> > 6991</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../hebrew/6990.htm" title="6990">◄</a> 6991. qatal <a href="../hebrew/6992.htm" title="6992">►</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">qatal: To kill, slay</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="hebrew">קָטַל</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Verb<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>qatal<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>kah-TAHL<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(kaw-tal')<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>To kill, slay<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>to cut off, put to death<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>A primitive root<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span> - <b>G5407 (phonos):</b> Murder, slaughter<p> - <b>G615 (apokteinō):</b> To kill, put to death<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The Hebrew verb "qatal" primarily means "to kill" or "to slay." It is used in the context of taking a life, whether in warfare, execution, or murder. The term can denote both intentional and unintentional acts of killing, depending on the context in which it appears.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Israelite society, the act of killing was a significant moral and legal issue. The Mosaic Law provided specific guidelines and consequences for different types of killing, distinguishing between murder, manslaughter, and justified killing in warfare or capital punishment. The concept of bloodguilt and the provision of cities of refuge for accidental killers highlight the gravity of taking a life in the cultural and religious context of the time.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>a prim. root<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>to slay<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>kills (1), slay (2).<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> [<font class="hebrew2">קָטַל</font>] <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>verb</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>slay</b></font> (in poetry and late) (Arabic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb088113.gif"> Ethiopic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb088114.gif"> Sabean <font class="hebrew2">קתל</font> Hom<sup>Chrest.126</sup>, all <em>slay</em> (original form with <font class="hebrew2">ת</font>; changed later, after <font class="hebrew2">ק</font>); Aramaic <font class="hebrew2">קְטַל</font>, <img src="/bdbgif/bdb088115.gif">; Old Aramaic <font class="hebrew2">קטל</font>, <font class="hebrew2">כטל</font>, <font class="hebrew2">קתל</font>); — <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>Qal</b></font> <em>Imperfect</em> with accusative of person, 3 masculine singular <font class="hebrew2">יִקְטָלֿ</font> <a href="/interlinear/job/24-14.htm">Job 24:14</a>; suffix, subject God, <font class="hebrew2">יִקְטְלֵנִי</font> <a href="/interlinear/job/13-15.htm">Job 13:15</a>; of God also 2masculine singular <font class="hebrew2">תִּקְטֹל</font> <a href="/interlinear/psalms/139-19.htm">Psalm 139:19</a>. <p> [<font class="hebrew2">קְטַל</font>] <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>verb</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>slay</b></font> (<font class="hebrew2">ᵑ7</font> Syriac (often); see Biblical Hebrew (late, rare)); — <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>Pe`al</b></font> <em>Participle active</em> <font class="hebrew2">קָטֵל</font> <a href="/interlinear/daniel/5-19.htm">Daniel 5:19</a>, accusative of person <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>Pe`îl</b></font> <em>be slain: Perfect</em>3masculine singular <font class="hebrew2">קְטִיל</font> <a href="/interlinear/daniel/5-30.htm">Daniel 5:30</a>, 3feminine singular <font class="hebrew2">קְטִילַת</font> <a href="/interlinear/daniel/7-11.htm">Daniel 7:11</a>. <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>Pa`el</b></font> <em>slay: Perfect</em>3masculine singular <font class="hebrew2">קַטִּל</font> <a href="/interlinear/daniel/3-22.htm">Daniel 3:22</a> (accusative of person); <em>Infinitive</em> <font class="hebrew2">לְקַטָּלָה</font> <a href="/interlinear/daniel/2-14.htm">Daniel 2:14</a> (<font class="hebrew2">ל</font> accusative of person). <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>Hithpe`el</b></font> <em>be slain: Infinitive</em> <font class="hebrew2">לְהִתְקְטָלָה</font> <a href="/interlinear/daniel/2-13.htm">Daniel 2:13</a>; <em>Participle</em> (= gerundive, K<sup>§ 76, 3</sup>) plural <font class="hebrew2">מִתְקַטְלִין</font> <a href="/interlinear/daniel/2-13.htm">Daniel 2:13</a> were <em>to be slain</em>. <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>kill, slay <p>A primitive root; properly, to cut off, i.e. (figuratively) put to death -- kill, slay. <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>יִ֭קְטְלֵנִי יִֽקְטָל־ יקטל־ יקטלני תִּקְטֹ֖ל תקטל tikTol tiq·ṭōl tiqṭōl Yikteleni yiktol yiq·ṭāl- yiq·ṭə·lê·nî yiqṭāl- yiqṭəlênî<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/job/13-15.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Job 13:15</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/job/13.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> הֵ֣ן <b> יִ֭קְטְלֵנִי </b> [לֹא כ]</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/job/13.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> Though <span class="itali">He slay</span> me, I will hope<br><a href="/kjvs/job/13.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> Though <span class="itali">he slay</span> me, yet will I trust<br><a href="/interlinear/job/13-15.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> Though <span class="itali">slay</span> not will hope<p><b><a href="/text/job/24-14.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Job 24:14</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/job/24.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">יָ֘ק֤וּם רוֹצֵ֗חַ <b> יִֽקְטָל־ </b> עָנִ֥י וְאֶבְי֑וֹן</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/job/24.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> at dawn; <span class="itali">He kills</span> the poor<br><a href="/kjvs/job/24.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> with the light <span class="itali">killeth</span> the poor<br><a href="/interlinear/job/24-14.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> arises the murderer <span class="itali">kills</span> the poor and the needy<p><b><a href="/text/psalms/139-19.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Psalm 139:19</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/139.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> אִם־ <b> תִּקְטֹ֖ל </b> אֱל֥וֹהַּ ׀ רָשָׁ֑ע</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/psalms/139.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> O <span class="itali">that You would slay</span> the wicked,<br><a href="/kjvs/psalms/139.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> <span class="itali">Surely thou wilt slay</span> the wicked,<br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/139-19.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> O <span class="itali">slay</span> God the wicked<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6991.htm">3 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6991.htm">Strong's Hebrew 6991<br>3 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/tiktol_6991.htm">tiq·ṭōl — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/yikteleni_6991.htm">yiq·ṭə·lê·nî — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/yiktol_6991.htm">yiq·ṭāl- — 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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