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the Week of Proper 25 / Ordinary 30

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Bible Lexicons

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Strong's #7021 - קִיקָיוֹן

Transliteration

qîyqâyôwn

Phonetics

kee-kaw-yone'

Origin

perhaps from (H7006)

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TWOT

2021

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

a plant
1. perhaps a gourd, castor-oil plant, bottle-gourd

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (4)

Jonah 4

BSB (5)

Jonah 5

CSB (5)

Jonah 5

ESV (5)

Jonah 5

KJV (5)

Jonah 5

LEB (5)

Jonah 5

LSB (5)

Jonah 5

N95 (5)

Jonah 5

NAS (5)

Jonah 5

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (5)

Jonah 5

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

1424) i q (קי QY) AC: ? CO: ? AB: ?

A) i q (קי QY) AC: ? CO: Gourd AB: ?

lj^m ) n f i q i q (קיקיונ QYQYWN) - Gourd: KJV (5): gourd - Strongs: H7021 (קִיקָיוֹן)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

קִיקָיוֺן noun masculine^{Jonah 4:6} a plant (compare Assyrian Kukkânîtum (כ) a garden-plant, Dl^{HWB 327}); — usually ricinus (R. communis, Linn. = castor-oil tree; compare Dioscor^{iv. 164} κίκι (Egypt) = κρότων [ castor-oil tree]; Talmud שֶׁמֶן קִיק see especially Löw^{p. 353f.}); perhaps < bottle-gourd (ᵐ5 κολόκυνθα; i.e. cucurbita lagenaria, a vine growing and withering rapidly, Post in Hastings^{DB ii. 250}); — Jonah 4:6 (twice in verse); Jonah 4:7,9,10.

קִיקָלוֺן see קלל.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

קִיקָיוֹן m., -Jon. 4:610 ; Jerome, Syr., and others, ricinus; Palma Christi, Arab. الخروع Ægypt. κίκι, κούκι, (Diod. Sic. i. 34), a tall biennial plant, still cultivated in our gardens, beautiful and quick growing, with a soft and succulent stalk, a slight injury of which will cause the plant to die. LXX. cucumber; but see Bochart, Hieroz. t. ii. p. 293, 623. Celsii Hierob. P. ii. p. 273-82. Faber on Harmer’s Observations, vol. i. p. 140-151.

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List of Word Forms

הַקִּ֣יקָי֔וֹן הַקִּֽיקָי֑וֹן הַקִּֽיקָי֖וֹן הקיקיון קִיקָי֞וֹן קיקיון hakkikaYon haq·qî·qā·yō·wn haqqîqāyōwn kikaYon qî·qā·yō·wn qîqāyōwn