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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
Dictionary Aids

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 16:17 - feceruntque ita filii Israhel et collegerunt alius plus alius minus

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:18 - et mensi sunt ad mensuram gomor nec qui plus collegerat habuit amplius nec qui minus paraverat repperit minus sed singuli iuxta id quod edere poterant congregarunt

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:15 - dives non addet ad medium sicli et pauper nihil minuet

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:16 - quanto plus anni remanserint post iobeleum tanto crescet et pretium et quanto minus temporis numeraveris tanto minoris et emptio constabit tempus enim frugum vendet tibi

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:32 - surgens ergo populus toto die illo et nocte ac die altero congregavit coturnicum qui parum decem choros et siccaverunt eas per gyrum castrorum

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:54

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:54 - pluribus maiorem partem dabis et paucioribus minorem singulis sicut nunc recensiti sunt tradetur possessio

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 33:54

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:54 - quam dividetis vobis sorte pluribus dabitis latiorem et paucis angustiorem singulis ut sors ceciderit ita tribuetur hereditas per tribus et familias possessio dividetur

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:8 - ipsaeque urbes quae dabuntur de possessionibus filiorum Israhel ab his qui plus habent plures auferentur et qui minus pauciores singuli iuxta mensuram hereditatis suae dabunt oppida Levitis

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:3 - cui ait vade pete mutuo ab omnibus vicinis tuis vasa vacua non pauca

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:32 - nunc itaque Deus noster Deus magne fortis et terribilis custodiens pactum et misericordiam ne avertas a facie tua omnem laborem qui invenit nos reges nostros principes nostros et sacerdotes nostros prophetas nostros et patres nostros et omnem populum tuum a diebus regis Assur usque in diem hanc

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:39 - [Vulgate 106:39] inminuta sunt autem et adflicta propter angustiam mali et doloris

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:11 - substantia festinata minuetur quae autem paulatim colligitur manu multiplicabitur

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:3 - quando commovebuntur custodes domus et nutabuntur viri fortissimi et otiosae erunt molentes inminuto numero et tenebrescent videntes per foramina

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:17 - et reliquiae numeri sagittariorum fortium de filiis Cedar inminuentur Dominus enim Deus Israhel locutus est

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:24 - corripe me Domine verumtamen in iudicio et non in furore tuo ne forte ad nihilum redigas me

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:6 - accipite uxores et generate filios et filias date filiis vestris uxores et filias vestras date viris et pariant filios et filias et multiplicamini ibi et nolite esse pauci numero

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:19 - et egredietur de eis laus voxque ludentium et multiplicabo eos et non inminuentur et glorificabo eos et non adtenuabuntur

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 29:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:15 - inter regna cetera erit humillima et non elevabitur ultra super nationes et inminuam eos ne imperent gentibus
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