7021. qiqayon
Strong's Lexicon
qiqayon: Plant, gourd

Original Word: קִיקָיוֹן
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: qiqayon
Pronunciation: kee-kaw-yone'
Phonetic Spelling: (kee-kaw-yone')
Definition: Plant, gourd
Meaning: the gourd

Word Origin: Of uncertain derivation

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: There is no direct Greek equivalent in the Septuagint for "qiqayon," as the plant is specific to the Hebrew text of Jonah. However, the concept of plants and their symbolic use can be found in various Greek terms related to vegetation and parables in the New Testament.

Usage: The term "qiqayon" refers to a specific plant mentioned in the Book of Jonah. It is often translated as "gourd" or "plant" and is noted for its rapid growth and provision of shade. The plant is used in the narrative to teach Jonah a lesson about compassion and divine mercy.

Cultural and Historical Background: The exact identity of the "qiqayon" plant is uncertain, with various suggestions including the castor oil plant, a type of gourd, or a vine. In the ancient Near East, such plants were valued for their quick growth and ability to provide shade in hot climates. The account of Jonah uses the plant as a symbol of God's provision and the transient nature of earthly comforts.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
of uncertain derivation
Definition
(a plant) perhaps castor-oil plant
NASB Translation
plant (5).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
קִיקָיוֺן noun masculineJonah 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 4:7,9,10.

קִיקָלוֺן see קלל.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
gourd

Perhaps from qayah; the gourd (as nauseous) -- gourd.

see HEBREW qayah

Forms and Transliterations
הַקִּ֣יקָי֔וֹן הַקִּֽיקָי֑וֹן הַקִּֽיקָי֖וֹן הקיקיון קִיקָי֞וֹן קיקיון hakkikaYon haq·qî·qā·yō·wn haqqîqāyōwn kikaYon qî·qā·yō·wn qîqāyōwn
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Englishman's Concordance
Jonah 4:6
HEB: יְהוָֽה־ אֱ֠לֹהִים קִיקָי֞וֹן וַיַּ֣עַל ׀ מֵעַ֣ל
NAS: appointed a plant and it grew
KJV: prepared a gourd, and made [it] to come up
INT: the LORD God A plant grew over

Jonah 4:6
HEB: יוֹנָ֛ה עַל־ הַקִּֽיקָי֖וֹן שִׂמְחָ֥ה גְדוֹלָֽה׃
NAS: happy about the plant.
KJV: was exceeding glad of the gourd.
INT: and Jonah over the plant glad aloud

Jonah 4:7
HEB: וַתַּ֥ךְ אֶת־ הַקִּֽיקָי֖וֹן וַיִּיבָֽשׁ׃
NAS: and it attacked the plant and it withered.
KJV: and it smote the gourd that it withered.
INT: the next attacked the plant withered

Jonah 4:9
HEB: לְךָ֖ עַל־ הַקִּֽיקָי֑וֹן וַיֹּ֕אמֶר הֵיטֵ֥ב
NAS: about the plant? And he said,
KJV: to be angry for the gourd? And he said,
INT: to be angry about gourd said reason

Jonah 4:10
HEB: חַ֙סְתָּ֙ עַל־ הַקִּ֣יקָי֔וֹן אֲשֶׁ֛ר לֹא־
NAS: You had compassion on the plant for which
KJV: Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured,
INT: had on the plant which did not

5 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 7021
5 Occurrences


haq·qî·qā·yō·wn — 4 Occ.
qî·qā·yō·wn — 1 Occ.
















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