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title: קֵץ — end · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קֵץ (7093), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 67 times: end. BDB 1906: n.m. end. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קֵץ

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«קֵץ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **end** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 67 times · **Key:** 7093 · **BDB:** קֵץ²

### Glosses

end (40); an.end (10); of.\[the\].end (9)

### Meaning (OSHB)

end [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7093/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. end [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7093/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Ez 7:6 end;—ק׳ abs. Am 8:2 +, cstr. Gn 4:3 +, עֶת־ Dn 8:17; sf. קִצּוֹ Is 37:24 +, קִצֹּה ‖ 2 K 19:23, etc.;— end, usually of time, especially in phr. מִקֵּץ at the end of a definite time Gn 8:6 (J), 41:1 (E), 16:3 (P) + 15 times, + מִקֵּץ הֱיוֹת Est 2:12; indef. Gn 4:3 (J); 1 K 17:7; Je 13:6; so (late) לְקֵץ of indef. time 2 Ch 18:2 Ne 13:6 Dn 11:6, 13; defin. כְעֵת צֵאת הַקּ׳ לְיָמִים שְׁנַיִם 2 Ch 21:19; end of life, of a people Am 8:2; Ez 7:2(×2), 3, 6(×2); Je 51:13; La 4:18(×2), cf. (of all flesh) Gn 6:13 (P); of individ. Jb 6:11 ψ 39:5 (‖ מִדַּת יָמִי), Dn 9:26a; 11:45; in eschatol. sense, עֵת עֲוֹן קֵץ time of final punishment (Toy) Ez 21:30, 34; 35:5; לַקֵּץ Hb 2:3 to the end; especially Dn, of time of Antiochus’ persecution, foll. by A.’s death, עֵת קֵץ time of the end 8:17; 11:35, 40; 12:4, 9, מוֹעֵד ק׳ 8:19; cf. ק׳ הַיָּמִין 12:13, ק׳ alone 9:26b; 12:13; end, cessation, abs. ק׳ לַמּוֹעֵד 11:27; ק׳ הַפְּלָאוֹת 12:6, of words Jb 16:3, darkness 28:3, perfection ψ 119:96; אֵין ק׳ no end, of peace Is 9:6, iniquities Jb 22:5, toil Ec 4:8, עֲשׂוֹת סְפָרִים 12:12. end, in space, מְלוֹן קִצֹּה 2 K 19:23 its remotest lodging-place = Is 37:24 (v. מָלוֹן p. 533); אֵין ק׳, of multitude Ec 4:16.—Je 50:26 v. קָצֶה .

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 47 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (11 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (8 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קֵץ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7093/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Deuteronomy 15:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.15.1/)

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מִקֵּ֥ץ שֶֽׁבַע־שָׁנִ֖ים תַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה שְׁמִטָּֽה׃

*Word for word:* from.\[the\] end of.seven years you.will.observe a.remission

*JPS 1917:* At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release.

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[Psalms 119:96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.96/)

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לְֽכָל תִּ֭כְלָה רָאִ֣יתִי קֵ֑ץ רְחָבָ֖ה מִצְוָתְךָ֣ מְאֹֽד׃

*Word for word:* to all perfection I.have.seen an.end \[is\].broad commandment your exceedingly

*JPS 1917:* I have seen an end to every purpose; but Thy commandment is exceeding broad.

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