מְעַט

me.atNoun (Masculine)H4592

little

From: or מְעָט; from H4591 (מָעַט);

Short Definition

a little or few (often adverbial or compar.)

Full Lexicon Entry

  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

Grammar

Part of Speech Noun (Masculine)

Morphology H:N-M

DescriptionH:N-M

Occurrences

87 times

Appears 87 times in the Old Testament. Top books include:

Genesis
10
Psalms
8
Isaiah
7
Numbers
7
Proverbs
6

Key Passages

  • 1 Chronicles 16:19
  • Deuteronomy 7:7
  • Genesis 30:30
  • Judges 4:19
  • Numbers 33:54

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Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.