Word Study · Strong's H4705 · Hebrew
מִצְעָר
mitsar
mits-awr'
Strong's 1890 spelling: mitsʻâr
“petty (in size or number)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
petty (in size or number); adverbially, a short (time)
Rendered in the KJV as
little one (while), small.
- 5occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 5 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- מִצְעָ֑ר2
- בְמִצְעַ֨ר1
- לַמִּצְעָ֕ר1
- מִצְעָ֛ר1
How it is rendered · 5
- [is] a small place1
- a small place1
- a small thing1
- for the little while1
- with smallness of1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- noun · masculine singular3
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmsa · 3
- HR/Ncmsc · 1
- HRd/Ncmsa · 1
All 5, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Genesis2 occurrences
- Genesis 19:20מִצְעָ֑רmitzarnoun · masculine singularLook, there is a town nearby where I can flee, and it is a small place. Please let me flee there—is it not a small place? Then my life will be saved.”here: [is] a small place
- Genesis 19:20מִצְעָ֛רmitzarnoun · masculine singularLook, there is a town nearby where I can flee, and it is a small place. Please let me flee there—is it not a small place? Then my life will be saved.”here: a small place
Job1 occurrence
Same headword in Strong's