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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; —
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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

H4592

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

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 18:4–Psa 2:12)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:4 - Let a little water be brought so that you may all wash your feet and rest under the tree.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:17 - Abraham's servant ran to meet her and said, "Please give me a sip of water from your jug."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:43 - Here I am, standing by the spring. When the young woman goes out to draw water, I'll say, "Give me a little water to drink from your jug."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:10 - Then Abimelech exclaimed, "What in the world have you done to us? One of the men might easily have had sexual relations with your wife, and you would have brought guilt on us!"

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:15 - But Leah replied, "Wasn't it enough that you've taken away my husband? Would you take away my son's mandrakes too?" "All right," Rachel said, "he may sleep with you tonight in exchange for your son's mandrakes."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:30 - Indeed, you had little before I arrived, but now your possessions have increased many times over. The LORD has blessed you wherever I worked. But now, how long must it be before I do something for my own family too?"

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:2 - When they finished eating the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, "Return, buy us a little more food."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:11 - Then their father Israel said to them, "If it must be so, then do this: Take some of the best products of the land in your bags, and take a gift down to the man - a little balm and a little honey, spices and myrrh, pistachios and almonds.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:25 - "Then our father said, 'Go back and buy us a little food.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:9 - Jacob said to Pharaoh, "All the years of my travels are 130. All the years of my life have been few and painful; the years of my travels are not as long as those of my ancestors."

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:4 - Then Moses cried out to the LORD, "What will I do with this people? - a little more and they will stone me!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:30

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:30 - Little by little I will drive them out before you, until you become fruitful and inherit the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:52

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:52 - but if only a few years remain until the jubilee, he must calculate for himself in keeping with the remaining years and refund it for his redemption.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:18 - and see what the land is like, and whether the people who live in it are strong or weak, few or many,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:9 - Does it seem too small a thing to you that the God of Israel has separated you from the community of Israel to bring you near to himself, to perform the service of the tabernacle of the LORD, and to stand before the community to minister to them?

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:13 - Is it a small thing that you have brought us up out of the land that flows with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness? Now do you want to make yourself a prince over us?

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:54

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:54 - To a larger group you will give a larger inheritance, and to a smaller group you will give a smaller inheritance. To each one its inheritance must be given according to the number of people in it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:56

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:56 - Their inheritance must be apportioned by lot among the larger and smaller groups.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 33:54

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:54 - You must divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your families. To a larger group you must give a larger inheritance, and to a smaller group you must give a smaller inheritance. Everyone's inheritance must be in the place where his lot falls. You must inherit according to your ancestral tribes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:8 - The towns you will give must be from the possession of the Israelites. From the larger tribes you must give more; and from the smaller tribes fewer. Each must contribute some of its own towns to the Levites in proportion to the inheritance allocated to each.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:7 - It is not because you were more numerous than all the other peoples that the LORD favored and chose you - for in fact you were the least numerous of all peoples.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:22 - He, the God who leads you, will expel the nations little by little. You will not be allowed to destroy them all at once lest the wild animals overrun you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:5 - Then you must affirm before the LORD YOUR GOD, "A wandering Aramean was my ancestor, and he went down to Egypt and lived there as a foreigner with a household few in number, but there he became a great, powerful, and numerous people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:38 - "You will take much seed to the field but gather little harvest, because locusts will consume it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:62 - There will be very few of you left, though at one time you were as numerous as the stars in the sky, because you will have disobeyed the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:17 - The sin we committed at Peor was bad enough. To this very day we have not purified ourselves; it even brought a plague on the community of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:19 - He said to her, "Give me a little water to drink, because I'm thirsty." She opened a goatskin container of milk and gave him some milk to drink. Then she covered him up again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:7 - She asked, 'May I follow the harvesters and gather grain among the bundles?' Since she arrived she has been working hard from this morning until now - except for sitting in the resting hut a short time."

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:29 - Then Jonathan said, "My father has caused trouble for the land. See how my eyes gleamed when I tasted just a little of this honey.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:43 - So Saul said to Jonathan, "Tell me what you have done." Jonathan told him, "I used the end of the staff that was in my hand to taste a little honey. I must die!"

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:28 - When David's oldest brother Eliab heard him speaking to the men, he became angry with David and said, "Why have you come down here? To whom did you entrust those few sheep in the desert? I am familiar with your pride and deceit! You have come down here to watch the battle!"

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:1 - When David had gone a short way beyond the summit, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth was there to meet him. He had a couple of donkeys that were saddled, and on them were two hundred loaves of bread, a hundred raisin cakes, a hundred baskets of summer fruit, and a container of wine.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:36 - I will cross the Jordan with the king and go a short distance. Why should the king reward me in this way?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:10 - So he got up and went to Zarephath. When he went through the city gate, there was a widow gathering wood. He called out to her, "Please give me a cup of water, so I can take a drink."

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:12 - She said, "As certainly as the LORD your God lives, I have no food, except for a handful of flour in a jar and a little olive oil in a jug. Right now I am gathering a couple of sticks for a fire. Then I'm going home to make one final meal for my son and myself. After we have eaten that, we will die of starvation."

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:18 - Jehu assembled all the people and said to them, "Ahab worshiped Baal a little; Jehu will worship him with great devotion.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:19 - When they were few in number, just a very few, and foreign residents within it,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:7 - When the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, he gave this message to Shemaiah: "They have humbled themselves, so I will not destroy them. I will deliver them soon. My anger will not be unleashed against Jerusalem through Shishak.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:12 - I got up during the night, along with a few men who were with me. But I did not tell anyone what my God was putting on my heart to do for Jerusalem. There were no animals with me, except for the one I was riding.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:4 - Now the city was spread out and large, and there were not a lot of people in it. At that time houses had not been rebuilt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:11 - Are God's consolations too trivial for you; or a word spoken in gentleness to you?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:24 - They are exalted for a little while, and then they are gone, they are brought low like all others, and gathered in, and like a head of grain they are cut off.'

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