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Hakkatan — the meaning of the Hebrew name קָטָן

קָטָן

Qâṭân · pronounced kaw-tawn' · Strong's H6997 · a man

Hakkatan means small.

Built from

קָטָן qâṭân (the same as, H6996) — abbreviated, i.e. diminutive, literally (in quantity, size or number) or figuratively (in age or importance) open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

the same as H6996; small; Katan, an Israelite.

First appearance

Ezra 8:12 And of the sons of Azgad; Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and with him an hundred and ten males. (KJV)

Every verse that names Hakkatan

1 occurrence in 1 verse — Ezra

Ezra 8:12

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