Hebrew word · H6987

קֹטֶב

katavecha

destruction

Appears once in the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

destruction

Another spelling of qe.tev (קֶ֫טֶב "destruction" H6986)

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Hosea · 1

  1. Hosea 13:14 קָֽטָבְךָ֙ [is] destruction your

    I will ransom them from the power of Sheol; I will redeem them from Death. Where, O Death, are your plagues? Where, O Sheol, is your sting? Compassion is hidden from My eyes.

    Here: Qetev is a cutting-down destruction, often a deadly plague (Psalm 91:6, 'the destruction that lays waste at noon'). Paired with dever, it names Death's two plague-weapons.

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