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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: 6985. קָט (qat) -- Small, insignificant</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/hebrew/6985.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> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><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/ezekiel/16-47.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/6985.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> > 6985</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/6984.htm" title="6984">◄</a> 6985. qat <a href="../hebrew/6986.htm" title="6986">►</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">qat: Small, insignificant</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="hebrew">קַט</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Adjective<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>qat<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>kaht<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(kat)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Small, insignificant<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>a little, merely<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Derived from a root that is not used in the Hebrew Bible, but related to the concept of smallness or insignificance.<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>The Greek equivalent often used in the Septuagint for similar concepts is "μικρός" (mikros), Strong's Greek #3398, which also means small or little.<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The Hebrew word "qat" is used to convey the idea of something being small or insignificant. It is often employed in contexts where the size, importance, or impact of an object or concept is being minimized. This term can be used both literally, to describe physical size, and metaphorically, to describe the perceived importance or influence of something.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Hebrew culture, size and strength were often equated with power and importance. The use of "qat" would have been understood in this context as a way to describe something that lacks these attributes. This reflects a worldview where physical and social hierarchies were significant, and where the small or insignificant were often overlooked or undervalued.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>of uncertain derivation<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>perhaps only<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>too (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> <font class="hebrew2">קָט</font> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>Ez</b></font> <a href="/interlinear/1_chronicles/16-47.htm">1 Chronicles 16:47</a> (<font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">כִּמְעַט ק</font>), dubious; Ki <em>only</em> (Arabic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb088109.gif">); strike out <font class="hebrew2">ᵐ5</font> <font class="hebrew2">ᵑ6</font> Thes Hi Co Berthol, Toy <font class="hebrew2">זֹאת</font>, Perles<sup>Anal. 30</sup> <font class="hebrew2">קָטָן</font>; Krae conjectures <font class="hebrew2">כִּיאִֿם עָטַפְתְּ</font> for <font class="hebrew2">במעטקט</font>. <p><font class="hebrew2">קטב</font> (√ of following; compare <font class="hebrew2">ᵑ7</font> <font class="hebrew2">קְטַב</font> <em>cut off</em> (rare); in Arabic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb088110.gif"> <em>id.</em>, <img src="/bdbgif/bdb088111.gif"> said to be for <img src="/bdbgif/bdb088112.gif"> see Lane). <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>very <p>From <a href="/hebrew/6990.htm">qatat</a> in the sense of abbreviation; a little, i.e. (adverbially) merely -- very. <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/6990.htm">qatat</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>קָ֔ט קט Kat qāṭ<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/ezekiel/16-47.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezekiel 16:47</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/16.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">ק) כִּמְעַ֣ט <b> קָ֔ט </b> וַתַּשְׁחִ֥תִי מֵהֵ֖ן</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezekiel/16.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> according to their abominations; <span class="itali">but, as if that were too</span> little,<br><a href="/kjvs/ezekiel/16.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> after their abominations: <span class="itali">but, as [if that were] a very</span> little<br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/16-47.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> accomplish little <span class="itali">were too</span> acted they<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6985.htm">1 Occurrence</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6985.htm">Strong's Hebrew 6985<br>1 Occurrence</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/kat_6985.htm">qāṭ — 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'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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