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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 129 times in 124 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 3 (Gen 19:11–2Ki 2:23)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:11 - And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great, and they were wearied with seeking the door.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:20 - Behold this city is near for me to escape thither, which is a small one, and there shall I be preserved, is it not little? and my soul shall live because of thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:17 - And the servant ran up to meet her, and said, Give me a little water to drink out of thy pitcher;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:43

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:43 - behold, I stand by the well of water, and the daughters of the men of the city come forth to draw water, and it shall be that the damsel to whom I shall say, Give me a little water to drink out of thy pitcher,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:10 - And Abimelech said to him, Why hast thou done this to us? one of my kindred [fn]within a little had lain with thy wife, and thou wouldest have brought a sin of ignorance upon us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:30 - For it was little thou hadst before my time, and it is increased to a multitude, and the Lord God has blessed thee [fn]since my coming; now then, when shall I set up also my own house?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:2 - Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt; go down thither, and buy for us a little food, that we may live, and not die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:32 - We are twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is with his father to-day in the land of Chanaan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:2 - And it came to pass, when they had finished eating the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, that their father said to them, Go again; buy us a little food.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:25 - And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:9 - And Jacob said to Pharao, The days of the years of my life, wherein I sojourn, are a hundred and thirty years; few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, they have not attained to the days of the life of my fathers, in which days they sojourned.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:4 - And Moses cried to the Lord, saying, What shall I do to this people? yet a little while and they will stone me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:30

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:30 - By little and little I will cast them out from before thee, until thou shalt be increased and inherit the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:9 - Is it a little thing for you, that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel, and brought you near to himself to minister in the services of the tabernacle of the Lord, and to stand before the tabernacle to minister for them?

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:13 - Is it a little thing that thou hast brought us up [fn]to a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, and that thou altogether rulest over us?

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:18 - And Balaam answered and said to the princes of Balac, If Balac would give me his house full of silver and gold, I shall not be able to go beyond the word of the Lord God, to make it little or great in my mind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:17 - Thou shalt not have respect to [fn]persons in judgment, thou shalt judge [fn]small and great equally; thou shalt not shrink from before the person of a man, for the judgment is God's; and whatsoever matter shall be too hard for you, ye shall bring it to me, and I will hear it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:22 - And the Lord thy God shall consume these nations before thee by little and little: thou shalt not be able to consume them speedily, lest the land become desert, and the wild beasts of the field be multiplied against thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:13 - Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great [fn]and a small.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:14 - Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great [fn]and a small.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:17 - Is the sin of Phogor too little for you, whereas we have not been cleansed from it until this day, though there was a plague among the congregation of the Lord?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:19 - And now if the land of your possession be too little, cross over to the land of the possession of the Lord, where the tabernacle of the Lord dwells, and receive ye an inheritance among us; and do not become apostates from God, neither do ye apostatize from the Lord, because of your having built an altar apart from the altar of the Lord our God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:19 - And Sisara said to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink, for I am thirsty: and she opened a bottle of milk, and gave him to drink, and covered him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:15 - And Gedeon said to him, Be gracious with me, my Lord: whereby shall I save Israel? behold, my thousand is weakened in Manasse, and I am the least in my father's house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:7 - And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather among the sheaves after the reapers: and she came and stood from morning till evening, and rested not even a little in the field.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:19 - And his mother made him a little doublet, and brought it to him from [fn]year to year, in her going up in company with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:9 - And it came to pass after it went about to Geth, that the hand of the Lord comes upon the city, a very great confusion; and he smote the men of the city small and great, and smote them in their secret parts: and the Gittites made to themselves images of emerods.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:21 - And Saul answered and said, Am not I the son of a Benjamite, the least tribe of the people of Israel? and of the least family of the whole tribe of Benjamin? and why hast thou spoken to me according to this word?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:17 - And Samuel said to Saul, Art thou not little in his eyes, though a leader of [fn]one of the tribes of Israel? and yet the Lord anointed thee to be king over Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:11 - And Samuel said to Jessæ, [fn]Hast thou no more sons? And Jessæ said, There is yet [fn]a little one; behold, he tends the flock. And Samuel said to Jessæ, Send and fetch him, for we may not sit down till he comes.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:2 - And Jonathan said to him, Far be it from thee: thou shalt not die: behold, my father will not do any thing great or small [fn]without discovering it to me; and why should my father hide this matter from me? this thing is not so.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:35

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:35 - And morning came, and Jonathan went out to the field, as he appointed to do for a signal to David, and a little boy was with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:15 - Have I begun to-day to enquire of God for him? by no means: let not the king bring a charge against his servant, and against the whole of my father's house; for thy servant knew not in all these matters anything great or small.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:36 - And Abigaia came to Nabal: and, behold, he had a banquet in his house, as the banquet of a king, and the heart of Nabal was merry [fn]within him, and he was very drunken: and she told him nothing great or small till the morning light.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:2 - And as to the women and all things that were in it, great and small, they slew neither man nor woman, but carried them captives, and went on their way.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:19 - And [fn]nothing was wanting to them of great or small, either of the spoils, or the sons and daughters, or anything that they had taken of theirs; and David recovered all.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:19 - Whereas I was very little before thee, O Lord, my Lord, yet thou spokest concerning the house of thy servant for a long time to come. And is this the law of man, O Lord, my Lord?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:12 - And Memphibosthe had a little son, and his name was Micha: and all the household of Siba were servants to Memphibosthe.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:3 - But the poor man had only one little ewe lamb, which he had purchased, and preserved, and reared; and it grew up with himself and his children in common; it ate of his bread and drank of his cup, and slept in his bosom, and was to him as a daughter.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:8 - and I gave thee the house of thy lord, and the wives of thy lord into thy bosom, and I gave to thee the house of Israel and Juda; and if that [fn]had been little, I would have given thee yet more.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:20 - And the servants of Abessalom came to the woman into the house, and said, Where are Achimaas and Jonathan? and the woman said to them, They are [fn]gone a little way beyond [fn]the water. And they sought and found them not, and returned to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:25 - And David built there an altar to the Lord, and offered up whole-burnt-offerings and peace-offerings: and Solomon made an addition to the altar afterwards, for it was little at first. And the Lord hearkened to the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:20 - And she said to him, I ask of thee one little request; turn not away my face from thee. And the king said to her, Ask, my mother, and I will not reject thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:7 - And now, O Lord my God, thou hast [fn]appointed thy servant in the room of David my father; and I am a little child, and know not my going out and my coming in.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:64

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:64 - In that day the king consecrated the middle of the court in the front of the house of the Lord; for there he offered the whole-burnt-offering, and the sacrifices, and the [fn]fat of the peace-offerings, because the brazen altar which was before the Lord was too little to bear the whole-burnt-offering and the sacrifices of peace-offerings.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:17 - that Ader ran away, he and all the Idumæans of the servants of his father with him; and they went into Egypt; and Ader was then a little child.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:13 - And Eliu said to her, Be of good courage, go in and do according to thy word: but make me thereof a little cake, and thou shalt bring it out to me first, and thou shalt make some for thyself and thy children last.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:44

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:44 - And the servant went again seven times: and it came to pass at the seventh time, that, behold, a little cloud like the sole of a man's foot [fn]brought water; and he said, Go up, and say to Achaab, Make ready thy chariot, and go down, lest the rain overtake thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:31 - And the king of Syria had charged the thirty-two captains of his chariots, saying, Fight not against small [fn]or great, but against the king of Israel only.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:23 - And he went up thence to Bæthel: and as he was going up by the way there came up also little children from the city, and mocked him, and said to him, Go up, baldhead, go up.

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