Hebrew Lexicon Strong's Concordance Definition

Strong's H4592: מְעַט (mᵉʻaṭ) Definition

Strong's number
H4592
Lemma
מְעַט
Transliteration
mᵉʻaṭ
Pronunciation
meh-at'
Strong's definition
a little or few (often adverbial or compar.) almost (some, very) few(-er, -est), lightly, little (while), (very) small (matter, thing), some, soon, [idiom] very. or מְעָט; from H4591 (מָעַט);

92 instances of the word מְעַט mᵉʻaṭ (H4592)


  • Joshua 7:3 - And they returned to Joshua and said go up and make not all the people thousand men but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai to labour and make not all the people thither for they are but few

  • Joshua 22:17 - too little Is the iniquity of Peor for us from which we are not cleansed until this day although there was a plague in the congregation of the LORD

  • Judges 4:19 - And he said and gave him drink unto her Give me I pray thee a little water for I am thirsty And she opened a bottle of milk and gave him drink and covered

  • Leviticus 25:52 - but few And if there remain unto his years unto his years of jubile then he shall count with him and according unto his years shall he give him again the price of his redemption

  • Nehemiah 2:12 - And I arose in the night I and some with me neither told I any man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem neither was there any beast neither was there any beast that I rode upon

  • Nehemiah 7:4 - Now the city was large and great but the people were few therein and the houses were not builded

  • Numbers 13:18 - And see the land what it is and the people that dwelleth therein whether they be strong or weak few or many

  • Numbers 16:9 - Seemeth it but a small thing hath separated unto you that the God of Israel the congregation of Israel to bring you near to himself to do the service of the tabernacle of the LORD and to stand before the congregation to minister

  • Numbers 16:13 - Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land that floweth with milk and honey to kill us in the wilderness that a prince a prince

  • Numbers 26:54 - To many thou shalt give the more inheritance and to few thou shalt give the less inheritance to every one according to those that were numbered be given inheritance

  • Numbers 26:56 - According to the lot thereof be divided shall the possession between many and few

  • Numbers 33:54 - And ye shall divide the land by lot among your families and to the more ye shall give the more inheritance and to the fewer ye shall give the less inheritance falleth by lot according to the tribes of your fathers And ye shall divide

  • Numbers 35:8 - And the cities shall give shall be of the possession of the children of Israel from them that have many ye shall give many but from them that have few ye shall give few every one according to his inheritance which he inheriteth shall give And the cities unto the Levites

  • Proverbs 5:14 - I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly

  • Proverbs 6:10 - Yet a little sleep Yet a little slumber Yet a little folding of the hands to sleep

  • Proverbs 10:20 - silver is as choice The tongue of the just the heart of the wicked is little worth

  • Proverbs 15:16 - Better is little with the fear of the LORD treasure than great and trouble

  • Proverbs 16:8 - Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right

  • Proverbs 24:33 - Yet a little sleep Yet a little slumber Yet a little folding of the hands to sleep

  • Psalms 2:12 - Kiss the Son lest he be angry and ye perish from the way is kindled but a little when his wrath Blessed are all they that put their trust