# קָטָן (qatan)

Israeli respelling: qa-tan. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H6996. 100 Old Testament occurrences.

abbreviated, i.e. diminutive, literally (in quantity, size or number) or figuratively (in age or importance)

King James renderings: least, less(-er), little (one), small(-est, one, quantity, thing), young(-er, -est).

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/qatan-h6996

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 1:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/1/16) — And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
- [Genesis 9:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/9/24) — And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him.
- [Genesis 19:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/19/11) — And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the…
- [Genesis 27:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/27/15) — And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son:
- [Genesis 27:42](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/27/42) — And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy b…
- [Genesis 29:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/29/16) — And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.
- [Genesis 29:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/29/18) — And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.
- [Genesis 42:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/42/13) — And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our…
- [Genesis 42:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/42/15) — Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.
- [Genesis 42:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/42/20) — But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.
- [Genesis 42:32](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/42/32) — We be twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.
- [Genesis 42:34](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/42/34) — And bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are true men: so will I deliver you your broth…
- [Genesis 43:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/43/29) — And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother’s son, and said, Is this your younger brother, of whom ye spake unto me…
- [Genesis 44:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/44/2) — And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack’s mouth of the youngest, and his corn money. And he did according to the word that Joseph had s…
- [Genesis 44:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/44/12) — And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.
- [Genesis 44:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/44/20) — And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is…
- [Genesis 44:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/44/23) — And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more.
- [Genesis 44:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/44/26) — And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down: for we may not see the man’s face, except our you…
- [Genesis 48:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/48/19) — And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his yo…
- [Exodus 18:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/18/22) — And let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter t…
- [Exodus 18:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/18/26) — And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.
- [Numbers 22:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/22/18) — And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the w…
- [Deuteronomy 1:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/1/17) — Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for…
- [Deuteronomy 25:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/25/13) — Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.
- [Deuteronomy 25:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/25/14) — Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a small.
- [Judges 1:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/1/13) — And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.
- [Judges 3:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/3/9) — And when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised up a deliverer to the children of Israel, who delivered them, even Oth…
- [Judges 9:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/9/5) — And he went unto his father’s house at Ophrah, and slew his brethren the sons of Jerubbaal, being threescore and ten persons, upon one ston…
- [Judges 15:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/15/2) — And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to thy companion: is not her younger sister f…
- [1 Samuel 2:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/2/19) — Moreover his mother made him a little coat, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly…
- [1 Samuel 5:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/5/9) — And it was so, that, after they had carried it about, the hand of the LORD was against the city with a very great destruction: and he smote…
- [1 Samuel 9:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/9/21) — And Saul answered and said, Am not I a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of t…
- [1 Samuel 14:49](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/14/49) — Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishui, and Melchishua: and the names of his two daughters were these; the name of the firstborn Mer…
- [1 Samuel 15:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/15/17) — And Samuel said, When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the LORD anointed thee…
- [1 Samuel 16:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/16/11) — And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. An…
- [1 Samuel 17:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/17/14) — And David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul.
- [1 Samuel 20:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/20/2) — And he said unto him, God forbid; thou shalt not die: behold, my father will do nothing either great or small, but that he will shew it me:…
- [1 Samuel 20:35](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/20/35) — And it came to pass in the morning, that Jonathan went out into the field at the time appointed with David, and a little lad with him.
- [1 Samuel 22:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/22/15) — Did I then begin to enquire of God for him? be it far from me: let not the king impute any thing unto his servant, nor to all the house of…
- [1 Samuel 25:36](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/25/36) — And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal’s heart was merry within him, for…
- [1 Samuel 30:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/30/2) — And had taken the women captives, that were therein: they slew not any, either great or small, but carried them away, and went on their way.
- [1 Samuel 30:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/30/19) — And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any thing that they had take…
- [2 Samuel 9:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/9/12) — And Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Micha. And all that dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants unto Mephibosheth.
- [2 Samuel 12:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/12/3) — But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with hi…
- [1 Kings 2:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/2/20) — Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; I pray thee, say me not nay. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother: for I will…
- [1 Kings 3:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/3/7) — And now, O LORD my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out o…
- [1 Kings 8:64](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/8/64) — The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings, and m…
- [1 Kings 11:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/11/17) — That Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father’s servants with him, to go into Egypt; Hadad being yet a little child.
- [1 Kings 17:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/17/13) — And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said: but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and after m…
- [1 Kings 18:44](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/18/44) — And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man’s hand. And he said,…
- [1 Kings 22:31](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/22/31) — But the king of Syria commanded his thirty and two captains that had rule over his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, sa…
- [2 Kings 2:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/2/23) — And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him…
- [2 Kings 4:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/4/10) — Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick: an…
- [2 Kings 5:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/5/2) — And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid; and she waited on Naaman’s…
- [2 Kings 5:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/5/14) — Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like unto…
- [2 Kings 18:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/18/24) — How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master’s servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for…
- [2 Kings 23:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/23/2) — And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests, a…
- [2 Kings 25:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/25/26) — And all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the armies, arose, and came to Egypt: for they were afraid of the Chaldees.
- [1 Chronicles 12:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/12/14) — These were of the sons of Gad, captains of the host: one of the least was over an hundred, and the greatest over a thousand.
- [1 Chronicles 24:31](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/24/31) — These likewise cast lots over against their brethren the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the…
- [1 Chronicles 25:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/25/8) — And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.
- [1 Chronicles 26:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/26/13) — And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for every gate.
- [2 Chronicles 15:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/15/13) — That whosoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.
- [2 Chronicles 18:30](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/18/30) — Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains of the chariots that were with him, saying, Fight ye not with small or great, save only wi…
- [2 Chronicles 21:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/21/17) — And they came up into Judah, and brake into it, and carried away all the substance that was found in the king’s house, and his sons also, a…
- [2 Chronicles 22:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/22/1) — And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his stead: for the band of men that came with the Arabians to the ca…
- [2 Chronicles 31:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/31/15) — And next him were Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, in their set office,…
- [2 Chronicles 34:30](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/34/30) — And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levit…
- [2 Chronicles 36:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/36/18) — And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king, and of…
- [Esther 1:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/esther/1/5) — And when these days were expired, the king made a feast unto all the people that were present in Shushan the palace, both unto great and sm…
- [Esther 1:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/esther/1/20) — And when the king’s decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his empire, (for it is great,) all the wives shall give to…
- [Job 3:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/3/19) — The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.
- [Psalms 104:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/104/25) — So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.
- [Psalms 115:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/115/13) — He will bless them that fear the LORD, both small and great.
- [Proverbs 30:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/30/24) — There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise:
- [Ecclesiastes 9:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/9/14) — There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against i…
- [Song of Solomon 2:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/song-of-solomon/2/15) — Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.
- [Song of Solomon 8:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/song-of-solomon/8/8) — We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for?
- [Isaiah 11:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/11/6) — The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling toget…
- [Isaiah 22:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/22/24) — And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father’s house, the offspring and the issue, all vessels of small quantity, from the vess…
- [Isaiah 36:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/36/9) — How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master’s servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for…
- [Isaiah 54:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/54/7) — For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee.
- [Isaiah 60:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/60/22) — A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I the LORD will hasten it in his time.
- [Jeremiah 6:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/6/13) — For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest eve…
- [Jeremiah 8:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/8/10) — Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall inherit them: for every one from the least even unto the…
- [Jeremiah 16:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/16/6) — Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor m…
- [Jeremiah 31:34](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/31/34) — And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from th…
- [Jeremiah 42:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/42/1) — Then all the captains of the forces, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least eve…
- [Jeremiah 42:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/42/8) — Then called he Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces which were with him, and all the people from the least even to…
- [Jeremiah 44:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/44/12) — And I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be consum…
- [Jeremiah 49:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/49/15) — For, lo, I will make thee small among the heathen, and despised among men.
- [Ezekiel 16:46](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/16/46) — And thine elder sister is Samaria, she and her daughters that dwell at thy left hand: and thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thy right ha…
- [Ezekiel 16:61](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/16/61) — Then thou shalt remember thy ways, and be ashamed, when thou shalt receive thy sisters, thine elder and thy younger: and I will give them u…
- [Ezekiel 43:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/43/14) — And from the bottom upon the ground even to the lower settle shall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit; and from the lesser settle eve…
- [Amos 6:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/amos/6/11) — For, behold, the LORD commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.
- [Amos 7:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/amos/7/2) — And it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord GOD, forgive, I beseech thee: by w…
- [Amos 7:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/amos/7/5) — Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
- [Obadiah 1:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/obadiah/1/2) — Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly despised.
- [Jonah 3:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jonah/3/5) — So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.
- [Zechariah 4:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/zechariah/4/10) — For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven…