H6995 קֹטֶן (qôṭen) ko'-ten

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

little finger

Strong's Definition

a pettiness, i.e. the little finger

Derivation: from H6994 (קָטֹן);

KJV Usage: little finger.

TWOT Reference: 2009c

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) little finger

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G1147 G3398

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

קְטֹן (qo.ten) — little finger. little finger

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

קֹטֶן (H6995)

noun m · קטן

People | ≠ מָתְנַיִם

little finger = the smallest of the fingers of a human hand; ≈ regarded as relatively insignificant

1KI 12:10 · 2CH 10:10

Graham S. Ogden

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[קְטֹן] n.m. little (finger) base

Bible Occurrences (2)

12:10

10:10

1 Kings 12:10

The young men who had grown up with him replied, This is how you should answer these people who said to you,... Your father made our yoke heavy, but you must make it lighter -. This is what you should tell them: My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist!

2 Chronicles 10:10

The young men who had grown up... with him replied, This is how you should answer... these people who said to you,... Your father made our yoke heavy, but you must make it lighter -. This is what you should tell them: My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist!