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Lexicon :: Strong's G3398 - mikros

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μικρός
Transliteration
mikros (Key)
Pronunciation
mik-ros'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
Apparently a primary word
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TDNT Reference: 4:648,593

Strong’s Definitions

μικρός mikrós, mik-ros'; apparently a primary word; small (in size, quantity, number or (figuratively) dignity):—least, less, little, small.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 30x

The KJV translates Strong's G3398 in the following manner: little (14x), least (6x), small (6x), less (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 30x
The KJV translates Strong's G3398 in the following manner: little (14x), least (6x), small (6x), less (2x).

  1. small, little

    1. of size: hence of stature, of length

    2. of space

    3. of age: less by birth, younger

    4. of time: short, brief, a little while, how little!

    5. of quantity: i.e. number, amount

    6. of rank or influence

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
μικρός mikrós, mik-ros'; apparently a primary word; small (in size, quantity, number or (figuratively) dignity):—least, less, little, small.
STRONGS G3398:
μικρός, μικρά, μικρόν, comparitive μικρότερος, μικροτερα, ἐρον (from Homer down), the Sept. for קָטֹן, קָטָן, מְעַט, small, little; used
a. of size: Matthew 13:32; Mark 4:31; hence, of stature, τῇ ἡλικία, Luke 19:3; of length, James 3:5.
b. of space: neuter προελθών (προσελθών, T Tr WH marginal reading in Matthew, Tr WH marginal reading in Mark (see προσέρχομαι, a.)) μικρόν, having gone forward a little, Matthew 26:39; Mark 14:35 (cf. Winers Grammar, § 32,6; Buttmann, § 131, 11f).
c. of age: less by birth, younger, Mark 15:40 (others take this of stature); οἱ μικροί, the little ones, young children, Matthew 18:6, 10, 14; Mark 9:42; ἐπο μικροῦ ἕως μεγάλου (A. V. from the least to the greatest), Acts 8:10; Hebrews 8:11 (Jeremiah 6:13; Jeremiah 38:34 (Jer. 31:34)); μικρός τέ καί μέγας (both small and great) i. e. all, Acts 26:22; plural, Revelation 11:18; Revelation 13:16; Revelation 19:5, 18; Revelation 20:12.
d. of time, short, brief: neuter — nominative, ἔτι (or ἔτι omitted) μικρόν (namely, ἔσται) καί (yet) a little while and etc. i. e. shortly (this shall come to pass), John 14:19; John 16:16f, 19 ((cf. Exodus 17:4)); ἔτι μικρόν ὅσον ὅσον (see ὅσος, a.); without καί, Hebrews 10:37 (Isaiah 26:20); τό μικρόν (Tr WH omits τό), John 16:18; — μικρόν accusative (of duration), John 13:33 (Job 36:2); μικρόν χρόνον, John 7:33; John 12:35; Revelation 6:11; Revelation 20:3; μετά μικρόν, after a little while, Matthew 26:73; Mark 14:70, (πρό μικροῦ, Wis. 15:8).
e. of quantity, i. e. number or amount: μικρά ζύμη, 1 Corinthians 5:6; Galatians 5:9; of number, μικρόν ποιμιον, Luke 12:32; of quantity, μικρά δύναμις, Revelation 3:8; neuter μικρόν (τί), a little, 2 Corinthians 11:1, 16.
f. of rank or influence: Matthew 10:42; Luke 9:48; Luke 17:2; ὁ μικρότερος ἐν τῇ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν, he that is inferior to the other citizens of the kingdom of heaven in knowledge of the gospel (R. V. but little in etc.; cf. Winers Grammar, 244 (229); Buttmann, § 123, 13), Matthew 11:11; Luke 7:28.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Exodus
17:4
Job
36:2
Isaiah
26:20
Jeremiah
6:13; 31:34
Matthew
10:42; 11:11; 13:32; 18:6; 18:10; 18:14; 26:39; 26:73
Mark
4:31; 9:42; 14:35; 14:70; 15:40
Luke
7:28; 9:48; 12:32; 17:2; 19:3
John
7:33; 12:35; 13:33; 14:19; 16:16; 16:18; 16:19
Acts
8:10; 26:22
1 Corinthians
5:6
2 Corinthians
11:1; 11:16
Galatians
5:9
Hebrews
8:11; 10:37
James
3:5
Revelation
3:8; 6:11; 11:18; 13:16; 19:5; 19:18; 20:3; 20:12

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3398 matches the Greek μικρός (mikros),
which occurs 46 times in 43 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:42

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:42 - “And whoever gives to one of these little ones [these who are humble in rank or influence] even a cup of cold water to drink because he is my disciple, truly I say to you, he will not lose his reward.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:11 -

“I assure you and most solemnly say to you, among those born of women there has not risen anyone greater than John the Baptist; yet the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater [in privilege] than he.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:32 - and of all the seeds [planted in the region] it is the smallest, but when it has grown it is the largest of the garden herbs and becomes a tree, so that THE BIRDS OF THE AIR FIND SHELTER IN ITS BRANCHES.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:6 - but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble and sin [by leading him away from My teaching], it would be better for him to have a heavy millstone [as large as one turned by a donkey] hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:10 -

“See that you do not despise or think less of one of these little ones, for I say to you that their angels in heaven [are in the presence of and] continually look upon the face of My Father who is in heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:14 - “So it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones be lost.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:39 -

And after going a little farther, He fell face down and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it is possible [that is, consistent with Your will], let this cup [fn]pass from Me; yet not as I will, but as You will.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:73

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:73 - After a little while the bystanders came up and said to Peter, “Surely you are one of them too; for even your [Galilean] accent gives you away.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:31 - “It is like a mustard seed, which, when it is sown on the ground, even though it is [fn]smaller than all the [other] seeds that are [sown] on the soil,

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“But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe and trust in Me to stumble [that is, to sin or lose faith], it would be better for him if a heavy millstone [one requiring a donkey’s strength to turn it] were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:35 - After going a little farther, He fell to the ground [distressed by the weight of His spiritual burden] and began to pray that if it were possible [in the Father’s will], the hour [of suffering and death for the sins of mankind] might pass from Him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:70 - But again he denied it. After a little while, the bystanders again said to Peter, “You are in fact one of them, for [it is clear from your accent, that] you are a Galilean, too.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:40 -

Now some women also were watching from a distance, among whom were Mary Magdalene, and [fn]Mary the mother of James the Less and of Joses, and [fn]Salome.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:28 -

“I tell you, among those born of women there is no one greater than John; yet he who is least in the kingdom of God is greater [in privilege] than he.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:48

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:48 - and He told them, “Whoever welcomes this child in My name welcomes Me; and whoever welcomes Me [also] welcomes Him who sent Me; for the one who is least among all of you [that is, the one who is genuinely humble—the one with a realistic self-view]—he is the one who is [truly] great.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:32

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:32 - “Do not be afraid and anxious, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 17:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:2 - “It would be better for him if a millstone [as large as one turned by a donkey] were hung around his neck and he were hurled into the sea, than for him to cause one of these [fn]little ones to stumble [in sin and lose faith].

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:3 - Zaccheus was trying to see who Jesus was, but he could not see [fn]because of the crowd, for he was short in stature.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:33 - Therefore Jesus said, “For a little while longer I am [still] with you, and then I go to Him who sent Me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 12:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:35 - So Jesus said to them, “The Light is among you [only] a little while longer. Walk while you have the Light [keep on living by it], so that darkness will not overtake you. He who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going [he is drifting aimlessly].

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 13:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:33 - “Little children, I am with you [only] a little longer. You will look for Me and, as I told the Jews, so I tell you now, ‘Where I am going, you are not able to come.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 14:19 - “After a little while the world will no longer see Me, but you will see Me; because I live, you will live also.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:16 -

“A little while, and you will no longer see Me; and again a little while, and you will see Me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 16:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:17 - Some of His disciples said to one another, “What does He mean when He tells us, ‘A little while, and you will not see Me; and again a little while, and you will see Me’; and, ‘because I am going to My Father’?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 16:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:18 - So they were saying, “What does He mean when He says, ‘A little while’? We do not know what He is talking about.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 16:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:19 - Jesus knew that they wanted to ask Him, so He said to them, “Are you wondering among yourselves about what I meant when I said, ‘A little while, and you will not see Me, and again a little while, and you will see Me’?

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:10 - They all paid [a great deal of] attention to him, from the least to the greatest, saying, “This man is what is called the Great Power of God!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:22

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:22 - “But I have had help from God to this day, and I stand [before people] testifying to small and great alike, stating nothing except what the Prophets and Moses said would come to pass—

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 5:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 5:6 -

Your boasting [over the supposed spirituality of your church] is not good [indeed, it is vulgar and inappropriate]. [fn]Do you not know that [just] a little leaven ferments the whole batch [of dough, just as a little sin corrupts a person or an entire church]?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:1 -

I wish you would bear with me [while I indulge] in a little foolishness; but indeed you are bearing with me [as you read this].

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:16 -

I repeat then, let no one think that I am foolish; but even if you do, at least accept me as foolish, so that I too may boast a little.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 5:9 - A little [fn]leaven [a slight inclination to error, or a few false teachers] leavens the whole batch [it perverts the concept of faith and misleads the church].

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 8:11 -

“AND IT WILL NOT BE [necessary] FOR EACH ONE TO TEACH HIS FELLOW CITIZEN,

OR EACH ONE HIS BROTHER, SAYING, ‘KNOW [by experience, have knowledge of] THE LORD,’

FOR ALL WILL KNOW [Me by experience and have knowledge of] ME,

FROM THE LEAST TO THE GREATEST OF THEM.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 10:37

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:37 -

FOR YET IN A VERY LITTLE WHILE,

HE WHO IS COMING WILL COME, AND WILL NOT DELAY.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 3:5 - In the same sense, the tongue is a small part of the body, and yet it boasts of great things.

See [by comparison] how great a forest is set on fire by a small spark!

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‘I know your deeds. See, I have set before you an open door which no one is able to shut, for you have a little power, and have kept My word, and have not renounced or denied My name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:11 - Then they were each given a white robe; and they were told to rest and wait quietly for a little while longer, until the number of their fellow servants and their brothers and sisters who were to be killed even as they had been, would be completed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:18 - “And the nations (Gentiles) became enraged, and Your wrath and indignation came, and the time came for the dead to be judged, and [the time came] to reward Your bond-servants the prophets and the saints (God’s people) and those who fear Your name, the small and the great, and [the time came] to destroy the destroyers of the earth.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:16 - Also he compels all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free men and the slaves, to be given a mark on their right hand or on their forehead [signifying allegiance to the beast],

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 19:5

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:5 - Then from the throne there came a voice, saying,

“Praise our God, all you bond-servants of His, you who fear Him, the small (common) and the great (distinguished).”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 19:18

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:18 - so that you may feast on the flesh of kings, the flesh of commanders, the flesh of powerful and mighty men, the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them, and the flesh of all humanity, both free men and slaves, both small and great [in a complete conquest of evil].”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 20:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:3 - and the angel hurled him into the abyss, and closed it and sealed it above him [preventing his escape or rescue], so that he would no longer deceive and seduce the nations, until the thousand years were at an end. After these things he must be liberated for a short time.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 20:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:12 - And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the Book of Life; and the dead were judged according to what they had done as written in the books [that is, everything done while on earth].
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