Word Study · Strong's H4591
מָעַט
mâʻaṭ
“properly, to pare off, i.e. lessen”
- 22occurrencescanonical count
- 22tagged so farloaded book by book
- 11books spannedamong tagged text
Strong's Dictionary (1890, public domain)
Definition
properly, to pare off, i.e. lessen; intransitively, to be (or causatively, to make) small or few (or figuratively, ineffective) KJV usage: suffer to decrease, diminish, (be, [idiom] borrow a, give, make) few (in number, -ness), gather least (little), be (seem) little, ([idiom] give the) less, be minished, bring to nothing.
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The ledger of occurrences
Exodus4 occurrences
and if the household be too little for a lamb, then shall he and his neighbor next unto his house take one according to the number of the souls; according to every man’s eating ye shall make your count for the lamb.The first tagged occurrence in Exodus.
Leviticus3 occurrences
According to the multitude of the years thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of the years thou shalt diminish the price of it; for the number of the crops doth he sell unto thee.The first tagged occurrence in Leviticus.
Numbers4 occurrences
And the people rose up all that day, and all the night, and all the next day, and gathered the quails: he that gathered least gathered ten homers: and they spread them all abroad for themselves round about the camp.The first tagged occurrence in Numbers.
2 Kings1 occurrence
Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbors, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.The first tagged occurrence in 2 Kings.
Nehemiah1 occurrence
Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and lovingkindness, let not all the travail seem little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, since the time of the kings of Assyria unto this day.The first tagged occurrence in Nehemiah.
Psalms2 occurrences
He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; And he suffereth not their cattle to decrease.The first tagged occurrence in Psalms.
Proverbs1 occurrence
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished; But he that gathereth by labor shall have increase.The first tagged occurrence in Proverbs.
Ecclesiastes1 occurrence
in the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows shall be darkened,The first tagged occurrence in Ecclesiastes.
Isaiah1 occurrence
and the residue of the number of the archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be few; for Jehovah, the God of Israel, hath spoken it.The first tagged occurrence in Isaiah.
Jeremiah3 occurrences
O Jehovah, correct me, but in measure; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.The first tagged occurrence in Jeremiah.
Ezekiel1 occurrence
It shall be the basest of the kingdoms; neither shall it any more lift itself up above the nations: and I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over the nations.The first tagged occurrence in Ezekiel.