6986. qeteb

Lexicon

qeteb: Destruction, ruin, pestilence

Original Word: קֶטֶב
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: qeteb
Pronunciation: keh'-teb
Phonetic Spelling: (keh'-teb)
Definition: Destruction, ruin, pestilence
Meaning: ruin

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

destroying, destruction

From an unused root meaning to cut off; ruin -- destroying, destruction.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from an unused word
Definition
destruction
NASB Translation
destruction (3), sting (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

קֶ֫טֶב, [קֹ֫טֶב] noun masculine^{Deuteronomy 32:24} destruction; — of pestilence, absolute ׳ק Deuteronomy 32:24 ("" רֶשֶׁף), Psalm 91:6 ("" דֶּבֶר), so suffix (of Sh®°ôl) קָֽטָבְךָ (Ges^{§ 93q}) Hosea 13:14 ("" of מָוֶת, דְּבָרֶיךָ); more Generally, שַׂעַר קָ֑קטֶב Isaiah 28:2.

Topical Lexicon

Word Origin: Derived from an unused root meaning to cut off.

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: • G970: βία (bia) • Force, violence.
• G2702: καταστροφή (katastrophē) • Overthrow, destruction.

These Greek terms, while not direct translations, share thematic elements with קֶטֶב in terms of conveying destruction or ruin, often in a forceful or violent manner.

Usage: The term קֶטֶב (qeteb) is used in the Hebrew Bible to denote a form of destruction or ruin, often associated with pestilence or a destructive force that brings about devastation.

Context: • קֶטֶב (qeteb) appears in the Hebrew Bible in contexts that describe a destructive force or calamity. It is often personified as a form of pestilence or plague that brings ruin. The term is used in poetic and prophetic literature to convey the severity and suddenness of divine judgment or natural disaster.
• In Deuteronomy 32:24, קֶטֶב is mentioned as part of the curses that will befall the Israelites if they turn away from God: "They will be wasted from hunger and ravaged by pestilence and bitter plague; I will send the fangs of wild beasts against them, with the venom of vipers that glide in the dust."
• In Psalm 91:6, קֶטֶב is referenced in the context of divine protection: "nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the calamity that destroys at noon."
• The imagery associated with קֶטֶב often involves a sudden and overwhelming force that leads to ruin, emphasizing the power and inevitability of divine retribution or natural calamity.

Forms and Transliterations

וְקֶ֣טֶב וקטב מִ֝קֶּ֗טֶב מקטב קָ֑טֶב קטב Katev mikKetev miq·qe·ṭeḇ miqqeṭeḇ qā·ṭeḇ qāṭeḇ veKetev wə·qe·ṭeḇ wəqeṭeḇ

Englishman's Concordance

Deuteronomy 32:24
HEB: וּלְחֻ֥מֵי רֶ֖שֶׁף וְקֶ֣טֶב מְרִירִ֑י וְשֶׁן־
NAS: And bitter destruction; And the teeth
KJV: and with bitter destruction: I will also send
INT: and consumed plague destruction and bitter and the teeth

Psalm 91:6
HEB: בָּאֹ֣פֶל יַהֲלֹ֑ךְ מִ֝קֶּ֗טֶב יָשׁ֥וּד צָהֳרָֽיִם׃
NAS: in darkness, Or of the destruction that lays waste
KJV: in darkness; [nor] for the destruction [that] wasteth
INT: darkness stalks of the destruction wasteth noon

Isaiah 28:2
HEB: בָּרָ֖ד שַׂ֣עַר קָ֑טֶב כְּ֠זֶרֶם מַ֣יִם
NAS: a tempest of destruction, Like a storm
KJV: of hail [and] a destroying storm,
INT: of hail A tempest of destruction A storm waters

3 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 6986
3 Occurrences

qā·ṭeḇ — 1 Occ.
miq·qe·ṭeḇ — 1 Occ.
wə·qe·ṭeḇ — 1 Occ.