Strong's Definition
to dock off, i.e. curtail (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative); especially to harvest (grass or grain)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: [idiom] at all, cut down, much discouraged, grieve, harvestman, lothe, mourn, reap(-er), (be, wax) short(-en, -er), straiten, trouble, vex.
TWOT Reference: 2061,2062
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
קָצֵר (qa.tser) — be short. 1) to be short, be impatient, be vexed, be grieved 1a) (Qal) to be short 1b) (Piel) to shorten 1c) (Hiphil) to shorten
קָצַר (qa.tsar) — to reap. 1) to reap, harvest 1a) (Qal) to reap, harvest 1b) (Hiphil) to reap, harvest
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
adj · קצר
verb · קָצוּר · קָצִיר · קָצֵר · קֹצֶר
Angry | verb qal
Collocation: נֶפֶשׁ קצר
to be impatient literally: to be short (of self); hence: = state in which humans or deities are losing their patience with a certain situation
Angry | verb qal
Collocation: רוּחַ קצר
to be impatient literally: to be short (of spirit); hence: = state in which humans or deities are losing their patience with a certain situation
Non-Endure | verb qal
Collocation: שָׁנֹות קצר
years are cut short literally: years become short; = process by which a period of time is over earlier than it was intended to be
Non-Endure | verb pi, verb hif
Collocation: קצר יָמִים
to cut short (someone's) life literally: to shorten (someone's) days; hence: = causative action by which a deity shortens the time of a person's life
Gather | verb qal
to reap, to harvest = action by which humans harvest grain and other crops with the help of a sickle or other sharp instrument; ≈ associated with joy and celebration
LEV 19:9 · LEV 19:9 · LEV 23:10 · LEV 23:22 · LEV 23:22 · LEV 25:5 · LEV 25:11 · DEU 24:19 · RUT 2:3 · RUT 2:4 · RUT 2:5 · RUT 2:6 · RUT 2:7 · RUT 2:9 · RUT 2:14 · 1SA 6:13 · 1SA 8:12 · 2KI 4:18 · 2KI 19:29 · JOB 4:8 · JOB 24:6 · PSA 126:5 · PSA 129:7 · PRO 22:8 · ECC 11:4 · ISA 17:5 · ISA 37:30 · JER 9:21 · JER 12:13 · HOS 8:7 · HOS 10:12 · HOS 10:13 · AMO 9:13 · MIC 6:15
1 JOB 24:6 MT-K יקצירו | MT-Q יִקְצֹורוּ 2 PRO 22:8 MT-K יקצור | MT-Q יִקְצָר
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[קָצֵר], I. קָצַר vb. be short Qal be short
Pi. shorten
Hiph. id.
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[קָצַר] vb. reap, harvest Qal reap
Hiph. Jb 24:6 Kt
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