קֵץ

n.m. Ez 7:6 end;—ק׳ abs. Am 8:2 +, cstr. Gn 4:3 +, עֶת־ Dn 8:17; sf. קִצּוֹ Is 37:24 +, קִצֹּה ‖ 2 K 19:23, etc.;— end, usually of time, especially in phr. מִקֵּץ at the end of a definite time Gn 8:6 (J), 41:1 (E), 16:3 (P) + 15 times, + מִקֵּץ הֱיוֹת Est 2:12; indef. Gn 4:3 (J); 1 K 17:7; Je 13:6; so (late) לְקֵץ of indef. time 2 Ch 18:2 Ne 13:6 Dn 11:6, 13; defin. כְעֵת צֵאת הַקּ׳ לְיָמִים שְׁנַיִם 2 Ch 21:19; end of life, of a people Am 8:2; Ez 7:2(×2), 3, 6(×2); Je 51:13; La 4:18(×2), cf. (of all flesh) Gn 6:13 (P); of individ. Jb 6:11 ψ 39:5 (‖ מִדַּת יָמִי), Dn 9:26a; 11:45; in eschatol. sense, עֵת עֲוֹן קֵץ time of final punishment (Toy) Ez 21:30, 34; 35:5; לַקֵּץ Hb 2:3 to the end; especially Dn, of time of Antiochus’ persecution, foll. by A.’s death, עֵת קֵץ time of the end 8:17; 11:35, 40; 12:4, 9, מוֹעֵד ק׳ 8:19; cf. ק׳ הַיָּמִין 12:13, ק׳ alone 9:26b; 12:13; end, cessation, abs. ק׳ לַמּוֹעֵד 11:27; ק׳ הַפְּלָאוֹת 12:6, of words Jb 16:3, darkness 28:3, perfection ψ 119:96; אֵין ק׳ no end, of peace Is 9:6, iniquities Jb 22:5, toil Ec 4:8, עֲשׂוֹת סְפָרִים 12:12. end, in space, מְלוֹן קִצֹּה 2 K 19:23 its remotest lodging-place = Is 37:24 (v. מָלוֹן p. 533); אֵין ק׳, of multitude Ec 4:16.—Je 50:26 v. קָצֶה .