קִיקָיוֹן
qi.qa.von
“plant”
Definition
the gourd (as nauseous)
perhaps from H7006 (קָיָה);
- a plant 1a) perhaps a gourd, castor-oil plant, bottle-gourd
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
קִיקָיוֹן appears 4 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
So the LORD God appointed a vine, and it grew up to provide shade over Jonah’s head to ease his discomfort, and Jonah was greatly pleased with the plant.
When dawn came the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant so that it withered.
Then God asked Jonah, “Have you any right to be angry about the plant?”“I do,” he replied. “I am angry enough to die!”
But the LORD said, “You cared about the plant, which you neither tended nor made grow. It sprang up in a night and perished in a night.
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