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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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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

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; 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)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:11 -

They struck the men who were at the entrance of the house, both young and old, with blindness[fn] so that they were unable to find the entrance.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:20 -

“Look, this town is close enough for me to flee to. It is a small place. Please let me run to it ​— ​it’s only a small place, isn’t it? ​— ​so that I can survive.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:17 -

Then the servant ran to meet her and said, “Please let me have a little water from your jug.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:43 -

“I am standing here at a spring. Let the young woman[fn] who comes out to draw water, and I say to her, ‘Please let me drink a little water from your jug,’

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:10 -

Then Abimelech said, “What have you done to us? One of the people could easily have slept with your wife, and you would have brought guilt on us.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:30 -

“For you had very little before I came, but now your wealth has increased. The LORD has blessed you because of me. And now, when will I also do something for my own family? ”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:2 -

“Listen,” he went on, “I have heard there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us so that we will live and not die.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:32 -

“We were twelve brothers, sons of the same[fn] father. One is no longer living, and the youngest is now with our father in the land of Canaan.’

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:2 -

When they had used up the grain they had brought back from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go back and buy us a little food.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:25 -

“But our father said, ‘Go again, and buy us a little food.’

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:9 -

Jacob said to Pharaoh, “My pilgrimage has lasted 130 years. My years have been few and hard, and they have not reached the years of my ancestors during their pilgrimages.”

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:4 -

Then Moses cried out to the LORD, “What should I do with these people? In a little while they will stone me! ”

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:30 -

“I will drive them out little by little ahead of you until you have become numerous[fn] and take possession of the land.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:9 -

“Isn’t it enough for you that the God of Israel has separated you from the Israelite community to bring you near to himself, to perform the work at the LORD’s tabernacle, and to stand before the community to minister to them?

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:13 -

“Is it not enough that you brought us up from a land flowing with milk and honey to kill us in the wilderness? Do you also have to appoint yourself as ruler over us?

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:18 -

But Balaam responded to the servants of Balak, “If Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not go against the command of the LORD my God to do anything small or great.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:17 -

“Do not show partiality when deciding a case; listen to small and great alike. Do not be intimidated by anyone, for judgment belongs to God. Bring me any case too difficult for you, and I will hear it.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:22 -

“The LORD your God will drive out these nations before you little by little. You will not be able to destroy them all at once; otherwise, the wild animals will become too numerous for you.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:13 -

“Do not have differing weights in your bag, one heavy and one light.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:14 -

“Do not have differing dry measures in your house, a larger and a smaller.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:17 -

“Wasn’t the iniquity of Peor, which brought a plague on the LORD’s community, enough for us? We have not cleansed ourselves from it even to this day,

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:19 -

“But if the land you possess is defiled, cross over to the land the LORD possesses where the LORD’s tabernacle stands, and take possession of it among us. But don’t rebel against the LORD or against us by building for yourselves an altar other than the altar of the LORD our God.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:19 -

He said to her, “Please give me a little water to drink for I am thirsty.” She opened a container of milk, gave him a drink, and covered him again.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:15 -

He said to him, “Please, Lord, how can I deliver Israel? Look, my family is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the youngest in my father’s family.”

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:7 -

“She asked, ‘Will you let me gather fallen grain among the bundles behind the harvesters? ’ She came and has been on her feet since early morning, except that she rested a little in the shelter.”[fn]

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:19 -

Each year his mother made him a little robe and took it to him when she went with her husband to offer the annual sacrifice.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:9 -

After they had moved it, the LORD’s hand was against the city of Gath, causing a great panic. He afflicted the people of the city, from the youngest to the oldest, with an outbreak of tumors.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:21 -

Saul responded, “Am I not a Benjaminite from the smallest of Israel’s tribes and isn’t my clan the least important of all the clans of the Benjaminite tribe? So why have you said something like this to me? ”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:17 -

Samuel continued, “Although you once considered yourself unimportant, haven’t you become the leader of the tribes of Israel? The LORD anointed you king over Israel

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:11 -

Samuel asked him, “Are these all the sons you have? ”

“There is still the youngest,” he answered, “but right now he’s tending the sheep.” Samuel told Jesse, “Send for him. We won’t sit down to eat until he gets here.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:2 -

Jonathan said to him, “No, you won’t die. Listen, my father doesn’t do anything, great or small, without telling me. So why would he hide this matter from me? This can’t be true.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:35 -

In the morning Jonathan went out to the countryside for the appointed meeting with David. A young servant was with him.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:15 -

“Was today the first time I inquired of God for him? Of course not! Please don’t let the king make an accusation against your servant or any of my father’s family, for your servant didn’t have any idea[fn] about all this.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:36 -

Then Abigail went to Nabal, and there he was in his house, holding a feast fit for a king. Nabal’s heart was cheerful,[fn] and he was very drunk, so she didn’t say anything[fn] to him until morning light.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:2 -

They also had kidnapped the women and everyone[fn] in it from youngest to oldest. They had killed no one but had carried them off as they went on their way.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:19 -

Nothing of theirs was missing from the youngest to the oldest, including the sons and daughters, and all the plunder the Amalekites had taken. David got everything back.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:19 -

What you have done so far[fn] was a little thing to you, Lord GOD, for you have also spoken about your servant’s house in the distant future. And this is a revelation[fn] for mankind, Lord GOD.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:12 -

Mephibosheth had a young son whose name was Mica. All those living in Ziba’s house were Mephibosheth’s servants.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:3 -

but the poor man had nothing except one small ewe lamb that he had bought. He raised her, and she grew up with him and with his children. From his meager food she would eat, from his cup she would drink, and in his arms she would sleep. She was like a daughter to him.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:8 -

“I gave your master’s house to you and your master’s wives into your arms,[fn] and I gave you the house of Israel and Judah, and if that was not enough, I would have given you even more.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:20 -

Absalom’s servants came to the woman at the house and asked, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan? ”

“They passed by toward the water,”[fn] the woman replied to them. The men searched but did not find them, so they returned to Jerusalem.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:25 -

He built an altar to the LORD there and offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings. Then the LORD was receptive to prayer for the land, and the plague on Israel ended.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:20 -

Then she said, “I have just one small request of you. Don’t turn me down.”

“Go ahead and ask, mother,” the king replied, “for I won’t turn you down.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:7 -

“LORD my God, you have now made your servant king in my father David’s place. Yet I am just a youth with no experience in leadership.[fn]

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:64 -

On the same day, the king consecrated the middle of the courtyard that was in front of the LORD’s temple because that was where he offered the burnt offering, the grain offering, and the fat of the fellowship offerings, since the bronze altar before the LORD was too small to accommodate the burnt offerings, the grain offerings, and the fat of the fellowship offerings.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:17 -

Hadad fled to Egypt, along with some Edomites from his father’s servants. At the time Hadad was a small boy.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:13 -

Then Elijah said to her, “Don’t be afraid; go and do as you have said. But first make me a small loaf from it and bring it out to me. Afterward, you may make some for yourself and your son,

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:44 -

On the seventh time, he reported, “There’s a cloud as small as a man’s hand coming up from the sea.”

Then Elijah said, “Go and tell Ahab, ‘Get your chariot ready and go down so the rain doesn’t stop you.’ ”

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:31 -

Now the king of Aram had ordered his thirty-two chariot commanders, “Do not fight with anyone at all[fn] except the king of Israel.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:23 -

From there Elisha went up to Bethel. As he was walking up the path, some small boys came out of the city and jeered at him, chanting, “Go up, baldy! Go up, baldy! ”


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