Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
| Strong's Number: | H7021 |
|---|---|
| Word: | קִיקָיוֹן |
| Part of Speech: | noun masc |
| Etymology: | perhaps from H7006 |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 5 |
| Transliteration: | qiyqayown |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | kee-kaw-yone' |
| Meaning: | 1. the gourd (as nauseous) |
| KJV Renderings: | gourd. |
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קִיקָיוֺן noun masculine Jonah 4:6 a plant (compare Assyrian Kukkânîtum (כ) a garden-plant, DlHWB 327 ); — usually ricinus (R. communis, Linn. = castor-oil tree; compare Dioscoriv. 164 κίκι (Egypt) = κρότων [castor-oil tree]; Talmud שֶׁמֶן קִיק see especially Löwp. 353 f.); perhaps < bottle-gourd ( ᵐ5 κολόκυνθα; i.e. cucurbita lagenaria, a vine growing and withering rapidly, Post in HastingsDB ii. 250); — Jonah 4:6 (twice in verse); Jonah 4:7; Jonah 4:9; Jonah 4:10.
קִיקָלוֺן see קלל .
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
