H4592 · מְעַט
mᵉʻaṭ · meh-at' · little, few
H4592 (mᵉʻaṭ, pronounced meh-at') is the Hebrew word מְעַט in Strong’s dictionary: a little or few (often adverbial or compar. It appears 101 times in 92 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).
Strong’s entry
- Original word
- מְעַט (Hebrew)
- Transliteration
- mᵉʻaṭ
- Pronunciation
- meh-at'
- Derivation
- or מְעָט; from H4591 (מָעַט);
- Definition
- a little or few (often adverbial or compar.)
- Rendered in the KJV
- almost (some, very) few(-er, -est), lightly, little (while), (very) small (matter, thing), some, soon, [idiom] very.
In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)
101 occurrences in 92 verses (92 with English words of their own, 9 in the original with no English word of their own).
How the BSB renders it
- “a little” ×15
- “few” ×8
- “Is it not enough” ×5
- “little” ×4
- “not enough” ×3
- “A little” ×2
- “a few” ×2
- “and a little” ×2
By book
Genesis 10 · Exodus 2 · Leviticus 1 · Numbers 7 · Deuteronomy 5 · Joshua 2 · Judges 1 · Ruth 1 · 1 Samuel 4 · 2 Samuel 3 · 1 Kings 2 · 2 Kings 1 · 1 Chronicles 1 · 2 Chronicles 2 · Ezra 1 · Nehemiah 2 · Job 4 · Psalms 10 · Proverbs 6 · Ecclesiastes 4 · Song of Solomon 1 · Isaiah 7 · Jeremiah 2 · Ezekiel 5 · Daniel 2 · Hosea 2 · Haggai 3 · Zechariah 1
First 30 of 92 verses
- Genesis 18:4
- Genesis 24:17
- Genesis 24:43
- Genesis 26:10
- Genesis 30:15
- Genesis 30:30
- Genesis 43:2
- Genesis 43:11
- Genesis 44:25
- Genesis 47:9
- Exodus 17:4
- Exodus 23:30
- Leviticus 25:52
- Numbers 13:18
- Numbers 16:9
- Numbers 16:13
- Numbers 26:54
- Numbers 26:56
- Numbers 33:54
- Numbers 35:8
- Deuteronomy 7:7
- Deuteronomy 7:22
- Deuteronomy 26:5
- Deuteronomy 28:38
- Deuteronomy 28:62
- Joshua 7:3
- Joshua 22:17
- Judges 4:19
- Ruth 2:7
- 1 Samuel 14:6
Related words
Numbers that share a root with H4592.