GreekG3398Adjective

μικρός

mikros

43Occurrences
G3398Strong's #
AdjectivePart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

small (in size, quantity, number or (figuratively) dignity)

apparently a primary word;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
small, little
1.of persons
(a)lit., of stature
(b)hence metaphorically, of rank or influence
2.Of things
(a)of size
(b)of quantity
(with)of time
3.Neut., μικρόν, used adverbially
(a)of distance
(b)of quantity
(with)of time
LXX: chiefly for קָטָן, מָעַט

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Adjective

Morphology Code

G:A

Full Description

Greek Adjective

Occurrences

μικρός appears 43 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

John
8
Matthew
8
Revelation
8
Luke
5
Mark
5
2 Corinthians
2
Acts
2
Hebrews
2

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 5:6BSB

Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven works through the whole batch of dough?

James 3:5BSB

In the same way, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it boasts of great things. Consider how small a spark sets a great forest ablaze.

John 7:33BSB

So Jesus said, “I am with you only a little while longer, and then I am going to the One who sent Me.

Matthew 13:32BSB

Although it is the smallest of all seeds, yet it grows into the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches.”

Mark 15:40BSB

And there were also women watching from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome.

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