H4591 · מָעַט
mâʻaṭ · maw-at' · diminish, few, little
H4591 (mâʻaṭ, pronounced maw-at') is the Hebrew word מָעַט in Strong’s dictionary: properly, to pare off, i.e. lessen. It appears 22 times in 21 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).
Strong’s entry
- Original word
- מָעַט (Hebrew)
- Transliteration
- mâʻaṭ
- Pronunciation
- maw-at'
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- Definition
- properly, to pare off, i.e. lessen; intransitively, to be (or causatively, to make) small or few (or figuratively, ineffective)
- Rendered in the KJV
- suffer to decrease, diminish, (be, [idiom] borrow a, give, make) few (in number, -ness), gather least (little), be (seem) little, ([idiom] give the) less, be minished, bring to nothing.
In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)
22 occurrences in 21 verses.
How the BSB renders it
- “For I will diminish Egypt” ×1
- “When they are decreased” ×1
- “You will bring me to nothing” ×1
- “a lesser” ×1
- “and a smaller” ×1
- “and decrease” ×1
- “and he who gathered little” ×1
- “and less from” ×1
By book
Exodus 4 · Leviticus 2 · Numbers 4 · 2 Kings 1 · Nehemiah 1 · Psalms 2 · Proverbs 1 · Ecclesiastes 1 · Isaiah 1 · Jeremiah 3 · Ezekiel 1
Verses
- Exodus 12:4
- Exodus 16:17
- Exodus 16:18
- Exodus 30:15
- Leviticus 25:16
- Leviticus 26:22
- Numbers 11:32
- Numbers 26:54
- Numbers 33:54
- Numbers 35:8
- 2 Kings 4:3
- Nehemiah 9:32
- Psalms 107:38
- Psalms 107:39
- Proverbs 13:11
- Ecclesiastes 12:3
- Isaiah 21:17
- Jeremiah 10:24
- Jeremiah 29:6
- Jeremiah 30:19
- Ezekiel 29:15
Related words
Numbers that share a root with H4591.