קְטַל
qe.tal
“to slay”
Definition
to kill
(Aramaic) corresponding to H6991 (קָטַל);
- to slay, kill 1a) (P'al) to be slain 1b) (Pael) to slay 1c) (Ithp'al) to be slain 1d) (Ithpael) to be slain
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Grammar & Morphology
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Occurrences
קְטַל appears 6 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
So the decree went out that the wise men were to be executed, and men went to look for Daniel and his friends to execute them.
When Arioch, the commander of the king’s guard, had gone out to execute the wise men of Babylon, Daniel replied with discretion and tact.
The king’s command was so urgent and the furnace so hot that the fiery flames killed the men who carried up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.
Because of the greatness that He bestowed on him, the people of every nation and language trembled in fear before him. He killed whom he wished and kept alive whom he wished; he exalted whom he wished and humbled whom he wished.
That very night Belshazzar king of the Chaldeans was slain,
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