Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H4592
מְעַט
me.at · “little”
Used 101 times across 28 books
Definition
1) littleness, few, a little, fewness
1a) little, small, littleness, fewness, too little, yet a little
1b) like a little, within a little, almost, just, hardly, shortly, little worth
1a) little, small, littleness, fewness, too little, yet a little
1b) like a little, within a little, almost, just, hardly, shortly, little worth
Where it appears
Genesis11
Exodus3
Leviticus1
Numbers7
Deuteronomy6
Joshua2
Judges1
Ruth1
1 Samuel4
2 Samuel3
1 Kings2
2 Kings1
1 Chronicles1
2 Chronicles2
Ezra2
Nehemiah2
Job5
Psalms10
Proverbs10
Ecclesiastes4
Song of Solomon1
Isaiah7
Jeremiah2
Ezekiel5
Daniel2
Hosea2
Haggai3
Zechariah1
In the text
Genesis 18:4Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree:Genesis 24:17And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher.Genesis 24:43Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass, that when the virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink;Genesis 26:10And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us.Genesis 30:15And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son’s mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to night for thy son’s mandrakes.Genesis 30:30For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it is now increased unto a multitude; and the Lord hath blessed thee since my coming: and now when shall I provide for mine own house also?Genesis 43:2And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.Genesis 43:11And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds:Genesis 44:25And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food.Genesis 47:9And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.
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