H7021 קִיקָיוֹן (qîyqâyôwn) kee-kaw-yone'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

plant

Strong's Definition

the gourd (as nauseous)

Derivation: perhaps from H7006 (קָיָה);

KJV Usage: gourd.

TWOT Reference: 2021

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) a plant

1a) perhaps a gourd, castor-oil plant, bottle-gourd

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

קִיקָיוֹן (qi.qa.von) — plant. 1) a plant 1a) perhaps a gourd, castor-oil plant, bottle-gourd

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

קִיקָיֹון (H7021)

noun m

Plants

castor-oil plant = plant, customarily identified with the castor-oil plant but essentially unknown; quickly growing to some height; ► provides shade and protection against the sun

JON 4:6 · JON 4:6 · JON 4:7 · JON 4:9 · JON 4:10

Graham S. Ogden

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

קִיקָיוֹן n.m. a plant;—usu. ricinus; perh. < bottle-gourd base

Bible Occurrences (4)

4:6 4:7 4:9 4:10

Jonah 4:6

So the LORD God appointed a vine, and it grew up to provide shade over Jonah’s head to ease his discomfort, and Jonah... was greatly... pleased with the plant.

Jonah 4:7

When dawn came the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant so that it withered.

Jonah 4:9

Then God... asked Jonah, Have you any right to be angry about the plant? I do, he replied. I am angry enough to die!

Jonah 4:10

But the LORD said, You cared about the plant, which you neither tended nor made grow. It sprang up in a night... and perished in a night....