Strong's Concordance

Hebrew-Aramaic
H4592

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Original: מעט מעט

Transliteration: meat meat (me‛aṭ me‛âṭ)

Phonetic: meh-at'

BDB Definition:

littleness, few, a little, fewness
1. little, small, littleness, fewness, too little, yet a little
2. like a little, within a little, almost, just, hardly, shortly, little worth

Origin: from H4591

TWOT entry: 1228a

Strong's Definition: From H4591; a little or few (often adverbial or comparative): - almost, (some, very) few (-er, -est), lightly, little (while), (very) small (matter, thing), some, soon, X very.

Occurrences in the (KJV) King James Version:

All Occurrences (101x)

A Few (2x)

A Little (17x)

A Little Way (1x)

A Little While (1x)

A Small Matter (2x)

A Small Thing (4x)

And A Little (2x)

And Few (2x)

And Little (2x)

And Now For A Little (1x)

And To Few (1x)

And To The Fewer (1x)

Be Few (2x)

But A Little (2x)

But Few (1x)

By Little (1x)

Even A Few (1x)

Few (9x)

For A Little While (1x)

For I Was But A Little (1x)

For Thou Hast Made Him A Little (1x)

For Yet A Little (1x)

For Yet A Little While (1x)

Had Almost (1x)

Her: Yet A Little While (1x)

I And Some (1x)

I Pray Thee, A Little (1x)

I Should Soon (1x)

I Was Almost (1x)

In Little (1x)

Let A Little (1x)

Little (4x)

Little While (2x)

Little Worth (1x)

Me, I Pray Thee, A Little (1x)

Might Lightly (1x)

Not A Few (1x)

Or By Few (1x)

Small (1x)

The Fewest (1x)

Thee By Little (1x)

Them Some (1x)

Thereof A Few (1x)

They Be Almost (1x)

They Had Almost (1x)

Thyself As It Were For A Little (1x)

To Little (1x)

Too Little (2x)

Unto Her, Give Me, I Pray Thee, A Little (1x)

Unto Us A Very Small (1x)

Us A Little (3x)

Very (1x)

Was A Little (1x)

Were Almost (1x)

Were Too Few (1x)

With A Little (1x)

With A Small (1x)

Would Soon (1x)

Yea, Very Few (1x)

Yet Will I Be To Them As A Little (1x)

All Occurrences

2 Samuel 12:8

And I gave thee thy master’s house, and thy master’s wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things.

2 Samuel 16:1

And when David was a little past the top of the hill, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves of bread, and an hundred bunches of raisins, and an hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of wine.

2 Samuel 19:36

Thy servant will go a little way over Jordan with the king: and why should the king recompense it me with such a reward?

1 Kings 17:10

So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.

1 Kings 17:12

And she said, As the Lord thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.

2 Kings 10:18

And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said unto them, Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu shall serve him much.

1 Chronicles 16:19

When ye were but few, even a few, and strangers in it.(c)

2 Chronicles 12:7

And when the Lord saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves; therefore I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance; and my wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.(a)

2 Chronicles 29:34

But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt offerings: wherefore their brethren the Levites did help them, till the work was ended, and until the other priests had sanctified themselves: for the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests.(n)

Ezra 9:8

And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the Lord our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.(c)

(d)

Nehemiah 2:12

And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem: neither was there any beast with me, save the 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.(a)

Job 10:20

Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,

Job 15:11

Are the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee?

Job 24:24

They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.(g)

(h)

Job 32:22

For I know not to give flattering titles; in so doing my maker would soon take me away.

Psalm 2:12

Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.

Psalm 8:5

For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.

Psalm 37:10

For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.

Psalm 37:16

A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.

Psalm 73:2

But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.

Psalm 81:14

I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.

Psalm 94:17

Unless the Lord had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.(d)

Psalm 105:12

When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it.

Psalm 109:8

Let his days be few; and let another take his office.(e)

Psalm 119:87

They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not thy precepts.

Proverbs 5:14

I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.

Proverbs 6:10

Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

Proverbs 10:20

The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.

Proverbs 15:16

Better is little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble therewith.

Proverbs 16:8

Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.

Proverbs 24:33

Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

Ecclesiastes 5:2

Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.(a)

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Brown-Driver-Brigg's Information

All of the original Hebrew and Aramaic words are arranged by the numbering system from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible. In some cases more than one form of the word — such as the masculine and feminine forms of a noun — may be listed.

Each entry is a Hebrew word, unless it is designated as Aramaic. Immediately after each word is given its equivalent in English letters, according to a system of transliteration. Then follows the phonetic. Next follows the Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definitions given in English.

Then ensues a reference to the same word as found in Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament (TWOT), by R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, Jr., and Bruce K. Waltke. This section makes an association between the unique number used by TWOT with the Strong's number.

Thayers Information

All of the original Greek words are arranged by the numbering system from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible. The Strong's numbering system arranges most Greek words by their alphabetical order. This renders reference easy without recourse to the Greek characters. In some cases more than one form of the word - such as the masculine, feminine, and neuter forms of a noun - may be listed.

Immediately after each word is given its exact equivalent in English letters, according to the system of transliteration laid down in the scheme here following. Then follows the phonetic. Next follows the Thayer's Definitions given in English.

Then ensues a reference to the same word as found in the ten-volume Theological Dictionary of the New Testament (TDNT), edited by Gerhard Kittel. Both volume and page numbers cite where the word may be found.

The presence of an asterisk indicates that the corresponding entry in the Theological Dictionary of the New Testament may appear in a different form than that displayed in Thayers' Greek Definitions.

Strong's Hebrew and Greek Dictionaries Information

Dictionaries of Hebrew and Greek Words taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance by James Strong, S.T.D., LL.D., 1890.

Strong's Concor­dance

Hebrew-Aramaic H4592

Brown-Driver-Brigg's Information

Thayers Information

Strong's Hebrew and Greek Dictionaries Information

Strong's Concordance

Hebrew-Aramaic
H4592