H6996a H6996a
small in size or degree; young or younger in age; least or smallest among a group
3. least or smallest among a group — Used in superlative or elative sense to denote the least, smallest, or most insignificant member of a group, often with possessive suffix or partitive preposition min ('from the least of them'). 7×
AR["الأَصْغَرِينَ","الصِّغارَ","الـ-أَصْغَرِ","صَغِيرِهِمْ","مِنْ-أَصْغَرِ","مِنْ-صَغِيرِهِمْ"]·ben["ক্ষুদ্রতম-থেকে","ক্ষুদ্রতম-থেকে-তাদের","ক্ষুদ্রতমদের","তাদের-ছোট","যারা-ক্ষুদ্রতম","সঙ্গে"]·DE["[הקטנים]","[למקטנם]","[מקטנם]","der-klein","der-least","klein","von-smallest-von"]·EN["and-you-trust","from-smallest-of","from-smallest-of-them","from-their-least","the-least","the-small","their-least"]·FR["[הקטנים]","[למקטנם]","[מקטנם]","de-smallest-de","jusqu'aux-petits","le-least","le-petit"]·heb["ה-קטנים","ל-מ-קטנם","מ-קטני","מ-קטנם","קטנם"]·HI["छोटे","छोटों-का","छोटों-को","छोटों-से","से-छोटे","से-छोटे-उनके"]·ID["dari-yang-paling-kecil","dari-yang-terkecil","dari-yang-terkecil-mereka","yang-kecil","yang-terkecil","yang-terkecil."]·IT["[הקטנים]","[קטנם]","da-smallest-di","il-il-meno","piccolo"]·jav["ingkang-alit","lan-pitados-panjenengan","saking-alit","saking-alit-piyambakipun","saking-ingkang-alit"]·KO["가장-작은","가장-작은-에서","가장-작은-자들의","그들의-작은-자","그들의-작은-자에서","그들의-작은-자에서부터","작은-자들"]·PT["das-menores-de","desde-pequeno-deles","os-menores","os-pequenos","pequeno-deles"]·RU["из-малейших","малейших","малого-их","малых","от-малого-из-них","от-малого-их"]·ES["a-los-pequeños","de-la-más-pequeña-de","desde-el-menor-de-ellos","desde-su-pequeño","los-menores?","pequeno-de-ellos"]·SW["kutoka-mdogo-wao","kutoka-wadogo-wao","mdogo-wao","ndogo-zaidi","wadogo"]·TR["-en-küçüklerinin","-küçüklerinden","en-kucuklerin","küçükler","küçüklerine-onların","küçükünden-onların","küçüğünden"]·urd["چھوٹوں-تک","چھوٹوں-کو","چھوٹے","چھوٹے-سے","چھوٹے-سے-ان-کے","چھوٹے-سے-اُن-کے","چھوٹے-سے-چھوٹے"]
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Senses
1. small in size or degree — Describes something physically small, insignificant, or of little quantity/importance — the basic adjectival sense of qatan in positive degree. 27×
AR["الصَّغِيرِ","صَغيرٌ","صَغيرَة","صَغيرَةً","صَغيرَةٌ","صَغِيرٌ","صَغِيرَةً","صَغِيرَةٌ","صِغَارٌ","قِطَنَّه","قِطَنِّيم","وَصَغِيرٌ"]·ben["এবং-ছোট","ক্ষুদ্র","ছোট","ছোট-ছোট","ছোটো"]·DE["[קטן]","ein-kleines","jung","klein","und-klein"]·EN["and-small","little","small","young"]·FR["et-petit","jeune","petit","petite,","petits,"]·heb["ו-קטנה","קטן","קטנה","קטנות","קטנים"]·HI["और-छोटा","छोटा","छोटी","छोटे"]·ID["dan-yang-kecil","kecil","yang-kecil"]·IT["[קטנות]","e-piccolo","giovane","piccolo"]·jav["alit","ingkang-alit","lan-alit"]·KO["그리고-작은","어린","작은","작은-것","작은-자"]·PT["e-pequena","e-pequeno","pequena","pequenas","pequeno","pequenos"]·RU["и-малая","маленькая","маленьких","маленькое","маленькой","маленькую","малого","малое","малую","малые","малый","малый,"]·ES["pequeña","pequeñas","pequeño","pequeños","y-pequeña"]·SW["dogo","katan","kidogo","mdogo","na-dogo","na-ndogo","vidogo","wadogo"]·TR["kucuk","küçük","küçükler","küçüğe","ve-küçük"]·urd["اور-چھوٹا","چھوٹا","چھوٹی","چھوٹے"]
Gen 44:20, Num 22:18, Deut 25:13, Deut 25:14, 2 Sam 9:12, 2 Sam 12:3, 1 Kgs 2:20, 1 Kgs 11:17, 1 Kgs 17:13, 1 Kgs 18:44, 2 Kgs 2:23, 2 Kgs 4:10 (+15 more)
2. young or younger in age — Refers to youth or comparative youth, especially of a younger sibling or child within a family context, often with the article as a substantive ('the younger one'). 12×
AR["الأَصْغَرُ","الأَصْغَرِ","الصَّغيرَ","الصَّغِيرُ","الصُّغْرَى","الصُّغْرَى-الـ","الصُّغْرَيَاتِ","الـ-صَّغِيرَةِ"]·ben["-কনিষ্ঠ","-সেই-কনিষ্ঠার","ছোট","ছোটদের","ছোটের","সেই-ছোট"]·DE["[הקטן]","[הקטנה]","[הקטנות]","den-Kleinen","der-Kleinen","der-kleine","der-younger","der-youngest","die-Kleine"]·EN["the-little","the-younger","the-youngest"]·FR["[הקטן]","[הקטנה]","[הקטנות]","le-younger","le-youngest"]·heb["ה-קטן","ה-קטנה","ה-קטנות"]·HI["-छोटे","छोटी","छोटी-का","छोटी-के-लिए","छोटे-को","छोत","छोते-ने","सबसे-छोत"]·ID["-yang-lebih-muda","yang bungsu","yang bungsu-","yang-bungsu","yang-lebih-muda","yang-muda"]·IT["[הקטן]","[הקטנה]","[הקטנות]","il-il-più-giovane","il-minore","il-più-giovane","il-younger"]·jav["-ingkang-alit","ingkang-alit","ingkang-alit-piyambak","ingkang-anem","ingkang-timur"]·KO["그-어린","그-작은","그-작은의","그-작은이의","그-작은자","그-작은자가","작은"]·PT["a-menor","as-menores","o-menor"]·RU["младшая","младшего","младшей","младший","младших","младшую"]·ES["el-menor","el-pequeño","la-menor","la-pequeña","las-menores"]·SW["mdogo","wadogo"]·TR["-küçük","-küçüğün","en-küçük","küçük","küçüklerini","küçüğünün"]·urd["سب-سے-چھوٹا","سب-سے-چھوٹا-تھا","چھوٹی","چھوٹی-کا","چھوٹے","چھوٹے-نے","چھوٹے-کے"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† I. קָטָן adj. small, young, unimportant;—abs. ק׳ Gn 9:24 +; sf. קְטַנָּם (Köii. 1, 74) Je 6:13 +; fs. קְטַנָּה Gn 29:16 +; mpl. קְטַנִּים 2 K 18:24 +; cstr. קְטַנֵּי 1 S 9:21 (v. Dr; We conj. -נִּי, old cstr., cf. HPS), Pr 30:24; fpl. קְטַנּוֹת Ez 16:61 +;— 1. small: especially a. of children, youth = young, Gn 44:20 (J) 2 S 9:12; 1 K 11:17; 2 K 2:23; 5:2, of sister Ct 8:8; = younger, of two…