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Lexicon :: Strong's H4591 - māʿaṭ

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מָעַט
Transliteration
māʿaṭ
Pronunciation
maw-at'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1228

Strong’s Definitions

מָעַט mâʻaṭ, maw-at'; a primitive root; properly, to pare off, i.e. lessen; intransitively, to be (or causatively, to make) small or few (or figuratively, ineffective):—suffer to decrease, diminish, (be, × borrow a, give, make) few (in number, -ness), gather least (little), be (seem) little, (× give the) less, be minished, bring to nothing.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x

The KJV translates Strong's H4591 in the following manner: diminish (5x), few (4x), less (4x), little (3x), fewness (1x), least (1x), minished (1x), decrease (1x), nothing (1x), few in number (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x
The KJV translates Strong's H4591 in the following manner: diminish (5x), few (4x), less (4x), little (3x), fewness (1x), least (1x), minished (1x), decrease (1x), nothing (1x), few in number (1x).

  1. to be or become small, be few, be diminished

    1. (Qal)

      1. to diminish

      2. to be too small

    2. (Piel) to become few

    3. (Hiphil)

      1. to make small, make few, diminish

      2. to give less

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מָעַט mâʻaṭ, maw-at'; a primitive root; properly, to pare off, i.e. lessen; intransitively, to be (or causatively, to make) small or few (or figuratively, ineffective):—suffer to decrease, diminish, (be, × borrow a, give, make) few (in number, -ness), gather least (little), be (seem) little, (× give the) less, be minished, bring to nothing.
STRONGS H4591: Abbreviations
† [מָעַט] verb be or become small, diminished, few (Late Hebrew, Talmud, id.; Arabic bdb058902 is to be without hair on the body) —
Qal Imperfect יִמְעַט Exodus 12:4, 2nd person masculine plural תִּמְעָ֑טוּ Jeremiah 29:6, 3rd person masculine plural יִמְעָ֑טוּ Isaiah 21:17 +, וַיִּמְעֲטוּ Psalm 107:39; Infinitive מְעֹט Leviticus 25:16; — Exodus 12:4 אִסיִֿמְעַט הַבַּיִת מִהְיוֺת מִשֶּׂה if the house be too small for a lamb; Nehemiah 9:32 אַליִֿמְעַט לְפָנֶיךָ אֵת כָּלהַֿתְּלָאָה (compare Ges§ 117 l); of a people, Jeremiah 29:6 וּרְבוּ שָׁם וְאַלתִּֿמְעָ֑טוּ and become not few, Jeremiah 30:19 וְהִרְבִּתִים וְלֹא יִמְעָ֔טוּ, Isaiah 21:17; Psalm 107:39; Proverbs 13:11 הוֺן מֵהֶבֶל יִמְעָ֑ט diminishes (opposed to יַרְבֶּה); Leviticus 25:16 וּלְפִי מְעֹט הַשָּׁנִים according to the fewness of the years.
Pi. become few (Ges§ 52 k), Perfect 3rd person plural Ecclesiastes 12:3 וּבָֽטְלוּ הַטֹּחֲנוֺת כִּי מִעֵ֔טוּ.
Hiph. Perfect 3rd person feminine singular consecutive וְהִמְעִ֫יטָה (Ges§ 49 k), Leviticus 26:22, 1st person singular with suffix וְהִמְעַטְתִּים Ezekiel 29:15; Imperfect 2nd person masculine singular תַּמְעִיט Leviticus 25:16, תַּמְעִטֵ֫נִי Jeremiah 10:34, 2nd person feminine singular תַּמְעִ֫יטִי 2 Kings 4:3, etc.; — make small or few, diminish:
a. Leviticus 26:22 (of the sword) וְהִמְעִ֫יטָה אֶתְכֶם, Ezekiel 29:15 וְהִמְעַטְתִּים, Jeremiah 10:24 פֶּן־ אַל־בְּאַפְּךָ lest thou make me (the people) small, Psalm 107:38 וּבְהֶמְתָּם לֹא יַמְעִיט; Leviticus 25:16 וּלְפִי מְעֹט הַשָּׁנִים תַּמְעִיט מִקְנָתוֺ according to the smallness (fewness) of the years, thou shalt make small its price, Numbers 26:54 לָרַב תַּרְבֶּה נַחֲלָתוֺ וְלַמְעַט תַּמְעִיט נַחֲלָתוֺ and to the small (few) thou shalt make small his inheritance (so Numbers 33:54).
b. qualifying an action (sometimes to be understood from the context), Exodus 16:17 וַיִּלְקְטוּ הַמַּרְבֶּה וְהַמַּמְעִיט and they gathered, he that made much, and he that made little (that is לִלְקֹט), Exodus 16:18; Numbers 11:32 עשׂרה חמרים הממעיט אסף, 2 Kings 4:3 כֵּלִים רֵקִים אַלתַּֿמְעִיטִי empty vessels make not few (that is, in borrowing); Exodus 30:15 הֶעָשִׁיר לֹא יַרְבֶּה וְהַדַּל לֹא יַמְעִיט מִמַּחֲצִית הַשָּׁ֑קֶל לָתֵת וגו׳ shall not diminish from the half shekel to give, i.e. shall not give less, Numbers 35:8 מֵאֵת הָרַב תַּרְבּוּ וּמֵאֵת הַמְעַט תַּמְעִיטוּ and from the few ye shall make few (that is לָתֵת), i.e. ye shall give few (cities).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

12:4; 12:4; 16:17; 16:18; 30:15

Leviticus

25:16; 25:16; 25:16; 25:16; 26:22; 26:22

Numbers

11:32; 26:54; 33:54; 35:8

2 Kings

4:3; 4:3

Nehemiah

9:32

Psalms

107:38; 107:39; 107:39

Proverbs

13:11

Ecclesiastes

12:3

Isaiah

21:17; 21:17

Jeremiah

10:24; 29:6; 29:6; 30:19

Ezekiel

29:15; 29:15

H4591

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Strong's Number H4591 matches the Hebrew מָעַט (māʿaṭ),
which occurs 22 times in 21 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:4 - And if they be few in a household, so that there are not enough for the lamb, he shall take with himself his neighbour that lives near to him,—as to the number of souls, every one according to that which suffices him shall make a reckoning for the lamb.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:17 - And the children of Israel did so, and gathered some much and some less.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:18 - And having measured the homer full, [fn] he that had gathered much had nothing over, and he that had gathered less had no lack; each gathered [fn]according to the need of those who belonged to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:15 - The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than the half didrachm in giving the offering to the Lord, to make atonement for your souls.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:16 - According as there may be a greater number of years he shall increase the value of his possession, and according as there may be a less number of years he shall lessen the value of his possession; for according to the number of his crops, so shall he sell to thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:22 - And I will send upon you the wild beasts of the land, and they shall devour you, and shall consume your cattle: and I will make you few in number, and your ways shall be desolate.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:32 - And the people rose up all the day, and all the night, and all the next day, and gathered quails; he that gathered [fn]least, gathered ten [fn]measures; and they [fn]refreshed themselves round about the camp.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:54 - To the greater number thou shalt give the greater inheritance, and to the less number thou shalt give the less inheritance: to each one, as they have been numbered, shall their inheritance be given.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:54 - And ye shall inherit their land according to your tribes; to the greater number ye shall give the larger possession, and to the smaller ye shall give the less possession; to whatsoever part [fn]a man's name shall go forth by lot, there shall be his property: ye shall inherit according to the tribes of your families.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:8 - And as for the cities which ye shall give out of the possession of the children of Israel, from those that have much ye shall give much, and from those that have less ye shall give less: they shall give of their cities to the Levites each one according to his inheritance which they shall inherit.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:3 - And he said to her, Go, borrow for thyself vessels without of all thy neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:32 - And now, O our God, the powerful, the great, the mighty, and the terrible, keeping thy covenant and thy mercy, let not all the trouble seem little in thy sight which has come upon us, and our kings, and our princes, and our priests, and our prophets, and our fathers, and upon all thy people, from the days of the kings of Assur even to this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:38 - (LXX 106:38) And he blesses them, and they multiply exceedingly, and he diminishes not the number of their cattle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:39

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:39 - (LXX 106:39) Again they become few, and are brought low, by the pressure of evils and pain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:11 - Wealth gotten hastily with iniquity is diminished: but he that gathers for himself with godliness shall be increased. The righteous is merciful, and lends.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:3 - in the day wherein the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the mighty men shall become bent, and the grinding women cease because they have become few, and the women looking out at the windows be dark;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:17 - and the remnant of the strong bows of the sons of Kedar shall be small: for the Lord God of Israel has spoken it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:24 - Chasten us, O Lord, but with judgment; and not in wrath, lest thou make us few.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:6 - (LXX 36:6) and take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, and be multiplied, and be not diminished.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:19 - (LXX 37:19) And there shall go forth from them singers, even the sound of men making merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not at all be diminished.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:15 - and it shall be a base kingdom beyond all other kingdoms; it shall not any more be exalted over the nations; and I will make them few in number, that they may not be great among the nations.
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