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Job 28:3

“He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

קֵץqêts · kates
H7093 · Hebrew

Definition: an extremity; adverbially (with prepositional prefix) after
Derivation: contracted from H7112 (קָצַץ);
KJV renderings: [phrase] after, (utmost) border, end, (in-) finite, [idiom] process.
Grammar: קֵ֤ץ — common noun, masculine, singular, absolute
Code HNcmsa
Usage: Occurs 67 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 4:3 Genesis 6:13 Genesis 8:6 Genesis 16:3 Genesis 41:1

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read קֵץ here.

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.