- Original: מעט מעט
- Transliteration: M@`at
- Phonetic: meh-at'
- Definition:
1. littleness, few, a little, fewness
a. little, small, littleness, fewness, too little, yet a little
b. like a little, within a little, almost, just, hardly, shortly, little worth
- Origin: from
H4591
- TWOT entry: 1228a
- Part(s) of speech:
- Strong's: 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 X very.
Total KJV Occurrences: 101
• almost, 5
Exodus 17:4;
Psalm 73:2;
Psalm 94:17;
Psalm 119:87;
Proverbs 5:14
• few, 23
Genesis 47:9;
Leviticus 25:52;
Numbers 13:18;
Numbers 26:54;
Numbers 26:56;
Numbers 35:8;
Deuteronomy 26:5;
Deuteronomy 28:62;
Joshua 7:3;
1 Samuel 14:6;
1 Samuel 17:28;
1 Chronicles 16:19;
2 Chronicles 29:34;
Nehemiah 2:12;
Nehemiah 7:4;
Job 10:20;
Psalm 105:12;
Psalm 109:8;
Ecclesiastes 5:2;
Ecclesiastes 9:14;
Isaiah 10:7;
Jeremiah 42:2;
Ezekiel 5:3
• fewer, 1
Numbers 33:54
• fewest, 1
Deuteronomy 7:7
• in, 1
Deuteronomy 28:38
• lightly, 1
Genesis 26:10
• little, 49
Genesis 18:4;
Genesis 24:17;
Genesis 24:43;
Genesis 30:30;
Genesis 43:2;
Genesis 43:11(2);
Genesis 44:25;
Exodus 23:30(2);
Deuteronomy 7:22(2);
Joshua 22:17;
Judges 4:19;
Ruth 2:7;
1 Samuel 14:29;
1 Samuel 14:43;
2 Samuel 12:8;
2 Samuel 16:1;
1 Kings 17:10;
1 Kings 17:12;
2 Kings 10:18;
Ezra 9:8(2);
Job 10:20;
Psalm 2:12;
Psalm 37:10;
Psalm 37:16;
Proverbs 6:10(3);
Proverbs 15:16;
Proverbs 16:8;
Proverbs 24:33(3);
Ecclesiastes 5:12;
Ecclesiastes 10:1;
Song of Songs 3:4;
Isaiah 10:25;
Isaiah 26:20;
Ezekiel 11:16;
Ezekiel 16:47;
Daniel 11:34;
Hosea 1:4;
Hosea 8:10;
Haggai 1:6;
Haggai 1:9;
Zechariah 1:15
• lower, 1
Psalm 8:5
• matter, 2
Genesis 30:15;
Ezekiel 16:20
• over, 1
2 Samuel 19:36
• small, 4
Job 15:11;
Isaiah 1:9;
Isaiah 16:14;
Daniel 11:23
• some, 1
2 Chronicles 12:7
• soon, 2
Job 32:22;
Psalm 81:14
• thing, 4
Numbers 16:9;
Numbers 16:13;
Isaiah 7:13;
Ezekiel 34:18
• while, 4
Job 24:24;
Isaiah 29:17;
Jeremiah 51:33;
Haggai 2:6
• worth, 1
Proverbs 10:20
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