קֵץ, end, term, designated time, esp. the time of redemption. Gen. R. s. 44 (ref. to Is. XLI, 5) זה שרוי בקִיצּוֹ של עולם וכ׳ this one (Abraham) dwelt in one extreme part of the world, and that one (Shem) in the other &c. Ned. 41ᵃ כיון שהגיע קיצו וכ׳ when a man’s time (to die) has come. Meg. 3ᵃ משום דאית ביה קץ משיח because therein (in the Hagiographa) are contained intimations about the Messianic term (the Book of Daniel). Snh. 92ᵇ שמנו לקץ וטעו who ventured calculations as to the time of the redemption from Egypt, and made a mistake; Ex. R. s. 20 יצאו … שלם הקץ they left Egypt before the predestined term had expired; a. fr.—Pl. קִצִּים, קִצִּין, קִי׳. Ab. Zar. 61ᵇ ממונה הבא לק׳ a superintendent that comes at regular times. Snh. 97ᵇ מחשבי ק׳, v. חָשַׁב. Ib. כלו כל הק׳ ואין וכ׳ all the dates of redemption (calculated from the Scriptures) have passed, and the thing depends only on repentance. Cant. R. to II, 8; Lev. R. s. 19, v. עִיבּוּר. Pesik. R. s. 15, v. קִפַץ; a. fr.—[קיצין, Cant. R. to V, 11, v. קִיץ.]