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Lexicon :: Strong's H4592 - mᵊʿaṭ

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מְעַט
Transliteration
mᵊʿaṭ
Pronunciation
meh-at'
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Part of Speech
substantive
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1228a

Strong’s Definitions

מְעַט mᵉʻaṭ, meh-at'; or מְעָט mᵉʻâṭ; from H4591; a little or few (often adverbial or comparative):—almost (some, very) few(-er, -est), lightly, little (while), (very) small (matter, thing), some, soon, × very.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 102x

The KJV translates Strong's H4592 in the following manner: little (49x), few (23x), while (6x), almost (5x), small thing (4x), small (3x), some (2x), matter (2x), soon (2x), fewer (1x), fewest (1x), lightly (1x), very (1x), little way (1x), worth (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 102x
The KJV translates Strong's H4592 in the following manner: little (49x), few (23x), while (6x), almost (5x), small thing (4x), small (3x), some (2x), matter (2x), soon (2x), fewer (1x), fewest (1x), lightly (1x), very (1x), little way (1x), worth (1x).
  1. littleness, few, a little, fewness

    1. little, small, littleness, fewness, too little, yet a little

    2. like a little, within a little, almost, just, hardly, shortly, little worth

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מְעַט mᵉʻaṭ, meh-at'; or מְעָט mᵉʻâṭ; from H4591; a little or few (often adverbial or comparative):—almost (some, very) few(-er, -est), lightly, little (while), (very) small (matter, thing), some, soon, × very.
STRONGS H4592: Abbreviations
מְעַט 101 substantive a little, fewness, a few; — מ׳ absolute and construct, מְעָ֑ט Isaiah 10:7 +, plural מְעַטִּים Psalm 109:8; Ecclesiastes 5:1; —
1.
a. Genesis 30:30 מעט אשׁר היה לך לְפָנַי the little that thou hadst, Genesis 47:9 מעט ורעים היו ימי שׁני חיי few and evil, Leviticus 25:52; Numbers 26:54 (compare Numbers 33:54) וְלַמְעַט תמעיט נחלתו and to the small (few) thou shalt make small his inheritance, Numbers 33:56; Numbers 35:8 תמעיטו הַֽמְעַט וּמֵאֵת, Deuteronomy 7:7 מכל־ הַֽמְעַט אתםֿ וכיֿ העמים ye are the fewest out of all peoples, 1 Samuel 14:6 לְהוֺשִׁיעַ בְּרַב אוֺ בִמְעָ֑ט, Jeremiah 42:2 כִּי נִשְׁאַרְנוּ מְעַט מֵהַרְבֵּה we are left as few out of many, Ezekiel 5:3 מִשָּׁם וְלָקַחְתָּ בְּמִסְפָּר מְעַט, Haggai 1:6 זְרַעְתֶּם הַרְבֵּה וְהָבֵא מְעָ֑ט (compare Haggai 1:9), Psalm 8:6 ותחסּרהו מעט מאלהים, Psalm 37:16 טוֺב מְעַט לַצַּדִּיק (compare Proverbs 15:16; Proverbs 16:8), 2 Chronicles 29:34 רַק הַכֹּהֲנִים הָיוּ לִמְעָ֑ט; as predicate Numbers 13:18 הַמְעַט הוּא אִםרָֿ֑ב, Joshua 7:3 כִּי מְעַט הֵמָּה, Job 10:20; Ruth 2:7; Nehemiah 7:4; Isaiah 16:14 וּשְׁאָר מְעַט מִזְעָר. — Hosea 8:10 וַיָּחֵלּוּ מְעַט and they begin as littleness (= to be minished) because of, &c.; but read probably (Greek Version of the LXX) וְיֶחְדְּלוּ מְעַט מִמְּשֹׁחַ and they shall cease for a little (d) from anointing, etc.
b. as substantive with following genitive, Genesis 18:4 מְעַט מַיִם a little of water, Genesis 24:17, 43, מְעַט אֹכֶל Genesis 43:2; Genesis 44:25; 1 Samuel 14:43; 1 Samuel 17:28 מְעַט הַצּאֹן הָהֵ֫נָּה literally the fewness of those sheep, Proverbs 6:10 +; as genitive to a previous substantive, מְתֵי מְעָ֑ט men of fewness Deuteronomy 26:5; Deuteronomy 28:62; in apposition, Isaiah 10:7 לְהַכְרִית גּוֺיִם לֹא מְעָ֑ט, Ezra 9:8 מִחְיָה מְעַט, Nehemiah 2:12 וַאֲנָשִׁים מְעַט עִמִּי, Ecclesiastes 9:4; either genitive or appositive, Ecclesiastes 10:1; Daniel 11:34 יֵעָֽזְרוּ עֵזֶר מְעָ֑ט with a help of smallness.
c. twice declined as an adjective, Psalm 109:8 יִהְיוּ יָמָיו מְעַטִּים, Ecclesiastes 5:1 עלכֿן יהיו דבריך מְעַטִּים.
d. as adverb. accusative, of place, 2 Samuel 16:1 וְדָוִד עֹבֵר מְעַט; of time, Job 10:20 b; of degree, 2 Kings 10:18 אַחְאָב עָבַד אֶתהַֿבַּעַל מְעָ֑ט, Ezekiel 11:16 and have been to them for a sanctuary but little, Zechariah 1:15; repeated מְעַט מְעַט by little, by little = gradually, Exodus 23:30; Deuteronomy 7:22.
e. phrases:
a. with the interrogative הֲ, † Genesis 30:15 אֶתֿ קַחְתֵּך הַֽמְעַט וְלָקַחַת אִישִׁי was thy taking my husband (too) little? and (wilt thou be) for taking also my son's love-apples? Numbers 16:9-10 כִּי מִכֶּם הַֽמְעַט כְּהֻנָּה גַּם וּבִקַּשְׁתֶּם ֗֗֗ הִבְדִּיל is it too little for you that J. hath separated, etc.,... and do ye seek, etc.? Numbers 16:13 ַֽֽֽהמְעַט כִּי הֶעֱלִיתָנוּ ֗֗֗ כִּי תִשְׂתָּרֵר גַּם הִשְׂתָּרֵר, Joshua 22:17f. וגו׳ תָּשׁוּבו וְאַתֶּם ֗֗֗ לָנוּ הַֽמְעַט, Isaiah 7:13 וגו׳ תַלְאוּ כִּי אֲנָשִׁים הַלְאוֺת מִכֶּם הַֽמְעַט is wearying men too little for you, that you will weary also my God? Ezekiel 34:18 (as Ew Co AV RV), Job 15:11 אֵל תַּנְחוּמוֺת מִמְּךָ הַֽמְעַט. But Ezekiel 16:20 (si vera lectio) was it (too) little because of thy whoredom? (was that insufficient for thee? Kö iii. 406 m).
b. עוֺד מְעַט וְ׳, † Exodus 17:4 עוֺד מְעַט וּסְקָלֻנִי yet a little, and they will stone me, Jeremiah 51:33; Hosea 1:4; Psalm 37:10; עוֺד מְעַט מִזְעָר וְ׳Isaiah 10:25; Isaiah 29:17; compare Haggai 2:6; Job 24:24.
2.כִּמְעַט like a little: hence
a. within a little, almost (compare ὀλίγου), Genesis 26:10 כִּמְעַט שָׁכַב ֗֗֗ almost had lain..., Psalm 73:2 Qr, Psalm 94:17; Psalm 119:87; Proverbs 5:14 (all followed by perfect); Ezekiel 16:47 כִּמְעַט קָט וַתַּשְׁחִתִי מֵהֶן like a little, and thou hadst done more corruptly than they; Songs 3:4 כִּמְעַט שֶׁעָבַרְתִּי מֵהֶם = hardly had I passed.
b. with imperfect, just, 2 Samuel 19:37 כמעט יעבר עבדך just would thy servant pass over; lightly, easily, quickly (compare δἰ ὀλίγου), Psalm 2:12 אַפּוֹ ֺכִּמְעַט יִבְעַר כִּי, Psalm 81:15; Job 32:22.
c. = shortly, 2 Chronicles 12:7.
d. = little worth, Proverbs 10:20 כמעט ולב רשׁעים.
e. pleonastic for מְעַט, Isaiah 1:9 (accents) כִּמְעָ֑ט שָׂרִיר a little remnant, Psalm 105:12 (= 1 Chronicles 16:19) כִּמְעַט וְגָרִים בָּהּ; כִּמְעַט רֶגַע like the littleness of a moment = for a little moment, Isaiah 26:20; Ezra 9:8.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

18:4; 24:17; 24:43; 26:10; 30:15; 30:30; 43:2; 44:25; 47:9

Exodus

17:4; 23:30

Leviticus

25:52

Numbers

13:18; 16:9; 16:10; 16:13; 26:54; 33:54; 33:56; 35:8

Deuteronomy

7:7; 7:22; 26:5; 28:62

Joshua

7:3; 22:17

Ruth

2:7

1 Samuel

14:6; 14:43; 17:28

2 Samuel

16:1; 19:37

2 Kings

10:18

1 Chronicles

16:19

2 Chronicles

12:7; 29:34

Ezra

9:8; 9:8

Nehemiah

2:12; 7:4

Job

10:20; 10:20; 15:11; 24:24; 32:22

Psalms

2:12; 8:6; 37:10; 37:16; 73:2; 81:15; 94:17; 105:12; 109:8; 109:8; 119:87

Proverbs

5:14; 6:10; 10:20; 15:16; 16:8

Ecclesiastes

5:1; 5:1; 9:4; 10:1

Song of Songs

3:4

Isaiah

1:9; 7:13; 10:7; 10:7; 10:25; 16:14; 26:20; 29:17

Jeremiah

42:2; 51:33

Ezekiel

5:3; 11:16; 16:20; 16:47; 34:18

Daniel

11:34

Hosea

1:4; 8:10

Haggai

1:6; 1:9; 2:6

Zechariah

1:15

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4592 matches the Hebrew מְעַט (mᵊʿaṭ),
which occurs 101 times in 92 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 2 (Psa 8:5–Zec 1:15)

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:5 -

Yet You have made him a little H4592 lower than the [fn]angels,

And You crown him with glory and majesty!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:10 -

Vav

Yet a little H4592 while H4592 and the wicked man will be no more;

You will look carefully at his place, and he will not be there.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:16 -

Teth

Better is the little H4592 of the righteous

Than the abundance of many wicked.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:2 -

But as for me, my feet had almost H4592 stumbled,

My steps [fn]had almost slipped.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:14 -

“I would quickly H4592 subdue their enemies

And I would turn My hand against their adversaries.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:17 -

If Yahweh had not been my help,

My soul would soon H4592 have dwelt in the abode of silence.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:12 -

When they were only a few men in number,

Of little H4592 account H4592, and sojourners in it.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:8 -

Let his days be few H4592;

Let another take his office.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:87 -

They almost H4592 made an end of me on the earth,

But as for me, I did not forsake Your precepts.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:14 -

“I was almost H4592 in utter ruin

In the midst of the assembly and congregation.”

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:10 -

“A little H4592 sleep, a little H4592 slumber,

A little H4592 folding of the hands to [fn]rest”—

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:20 -

The tongue of the righteous is as choice silver,

The heart of the wicked is worth little H4592.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:16 -

Better is a little H4592 with the [fn]fear of Yahweh

Than great treasure and turmoil with it.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:8 -

Better is a little H4592 with righteousness

Than great produce with injustice.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:33 -

“A little H4592 sleep, a little H4592 slumber,

A little H4592 folding of the hands to rest,”

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:2 - [fn]Do not be hasty with your mouth or [fn]impulsive in your heart to bring up a matter in the presence of God. For God is in heaven but you are on the earth; therefore let your words be few H4592.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:12 - The sleep of the laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little H4592 or much; but the satisfaction of the rich man does not [fn]allow him to sleep.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:14 - There was a small city with few H4592 men in it, and a great king came to it, surrounded it, and built large siegeworks against it.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:1 -

Dead flies make a perfumer’s oil stink, so a little H4592 simpleminded folly is weightier than wisdom and honor.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:4 -

“Scarcely H4592 had I passed them by

When I found him whom my soul loves;

I seized him and would not let him go

Until I had brought him to my mother’s house,

And into the chamber of her who conceived me.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:9 -

Unless Yahweh of hosts

Had left us a few H4592 survivors,

We would be like Sodom,

We would be like Gomorrah.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:13 - Then he said, “[fn]Listen now, O house of David! Is it too slight H4592 a thing H4592 for you to try the patience of men, that you will try the patience of my God as well?
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:7 -

But it does not intend to act in this way,

And it does not think in its heart in this way,

Rather, what is in its heart is to destroy

And to cut off [fn]many H4592 nations.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:25 - “For in a very little H4592 while My indignation against you will end and My anger will be directed to their destruction.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:14 - But now Yahweh speaks, saying, “Within three years, as [fn]a hired man would count them, the glory of Moab will be dishonored along with all his great population, and his remnant will be very small H4592 and not mighty.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:20 -

Come, my people, enter into your rooms

And close your doors behind you;

Hide for a little H4592 [fn]while

Until indignation passes by.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:17 -

Is it not yet just a little H4592 while H4592

[fn]Before Lebanon will be turned into a fruitful orchard,

And the fruitful orchard will be counted as a forest?

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:2 - and said to Jeremiah the prophet, “Please let our supplication [fn]come before you, and pray for us to Yahweh your God, that is for all this remnant, because we remain but a few H4592 out of many, as your own eyes now see us,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:33 -

For thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel:

“The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor

At the time [fn]it is stamped firm;

Yet in a little H4592 while H4592 the time of harvest will come for her.”

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:3 - “You shall also take a few H4592 in number from [fn]them and bind them in the edges of your robes.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:16 - “Therefore say, ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh, “Though I had removed them far away among the nations, and though I had scattered them among the countries, yet I was a sanctuary for them a little H4592 while H4592 in the countries where they had gone.”’
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:20 - “Moreover, you took your sons and daughters, whom you had borne to Me, and sacrificed them to [fn]idols to be devoured. Were your harlotries so H4592 small H4592 a matter?
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:47 - “Yet you have not merely walked in their ways or done according to their abominations; but, as if that were too little H4592, you acted more corruptly in all your ways than they.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:18 - ‘Is it too slight H4592 a thing H4592 for you that you should be shepherded in the good pasture, that you must tread down with your feet the rest of your pastures? Or that you should drink of the clear waters, that you must [fn]foul the rest with your feet?
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:23 - “And after an alliance is made with him, he will [fn]practice deception, and he will go up and gain power with a small H4592 force of people.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:34 - “Now when they fall, they will be granted a little H4592 help, and many will join with them in [fn]intrigue.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:4 - And Yahweh said to him, “Name him Jezreel; for yet a little H4592 while H4592, and I will visit the bloodshed of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and I will cause the kingdom of the house of Israel to cease.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:10 -

Even though they hire allies among the nations,

Now I will gather them up;

And they will begin to [fn]diminish H4592

Because of the burden of the king of princes.

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:6 - “You have sown much, but bring in little H4592; you eat, but there is not enough to be satisfied; you drink, but there is [fn]not enough to become drunk; you put on clothing, but no one is warm enough; and he who earns, earns wages to put into a bag with holes.”
Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:9 - You look for much, but behold, it comes to little H4592; and you bring it home, and I blow it away. Why?” declares Yahweh of hosts, “Because of My house which lies waste, while each of you runs to his own house.
Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:6 - “For thus says Yahweh of hosts, ‘Once more[fn]in a little H4592 while H4592—I am going to shake the heavens and the earth, the sea also and the dry land.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:15 - “But I am very wrathful with the nations who are at ease; for I was only a little H4592 wrathful, but they helped increase the calamity.”

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