1 end, usually of time, especially in phrase מִקֵּץ at the end of a definite time Genesis 8:6 (J), Genesis 41:1 (E), Genesis 16:3 (P) + 15 t., + מִקֵּץ הֱיוֺת Esther 2:12; indefinite Genesis 4:3 (J) 1 Kings 17:7; Jeremiah 13:6; so (late) לְקֵץ of indefinite time 2 Chronicles 18:2; Nehemiah 13:6; Daniel 11:6,13; defin. כְעֵת צֵאת לְיָמִים שְׁנַיִם ׳הַקּ2Chronicles 21:19; end of life, of a people Amos 8:2; Ezekiel 7:2 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 7:3,6 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 51:13; Lamentations 4:18 (twice in verse), compare (of all flesh) Genesis 6:13 (P); of individual Job 6:11 Psalm 39:5 ("" מִדַּת יָמִי), Daniel 9:26; a Daniel 11:45; in eschatological sense, עֵת עֲוֺן קֵץ time of final punishment (Toy) Ezekiel 21:30; Ezekiel 21:34; Ezekiel 35:5; לַקֵּץ Habakkuk 2:3 to the end; especially Daniel, of time of Antiochus' persecution, following by A.'s death, עֵת קֵץ time of the end Daniel 8:17; Daniel 11:35,40; Daniel 12:4,9, ׳מוֺעֵד ק Daniel 8:19; compare הַיָּמִין ׳ק Daniel 12:13, ׳ק alone Daniel 9:26b; Daniel 12:13; end, cessation, absolute לַמּוֺעֵד ׳ק Daniel 11:27; הַמְּלָאוֺת ׳ק Daniel 12:6, of words Job 16:3, darkness Job 28:3, perfection Psalm 119:96; ׳אֵין ק no end, of peace Isaiah 9:6, iniquities Job 22:5, toil Ecclesiastes 4:8, עֲשׂוֺת סְפָרִים Ecclesiastes 12:12.

2 end, in space, מְלוֺן קִצּה 2 Kings 19:23 its remotest lodging-place = Isaiah 37:24 (see מָלוֺן p.533); ׳אֵין ק, of multitude Ecclesiastes 4:16. — Jeremiah 50:26 see קָצֶה 3