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H4592מְעַטme.at

littlePart of speech: Hebrew Noun (Masculine)

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Occurrences by book

  1. 11
  2. 3
  3. 1
  4. 7
  5. 6
  6. 2
  7. 1
  8. 1
  9. 4
  10. 3
  11. 2
  12. 1
  13. 1
  14. 2
  15. 2
  16. 2
  17. Esther: 0
  18. 5
  19. 10
  20. 10
  21. 4
  22. 1
  23. 7
  24. 2
  25. Lamentations: 0
  26. 5
  27. 2
  28. 2
  29. Joel: 0
  30. Amos: 0
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. Jonah: 0
  33. Micah: 0
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. Habakkuk: 0
  36. Zephaniah: 0
  37. 3
  38. 1
  39. Malachi: 0

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101 occurrences in 92 verses

With their references and text in King James Version.

  1. Joshua 7:3

    And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; and make not all the people to labor thither; for they are but few.

    מְעַ֖ט me.'At “[are] few”

  2. Joshua 22:17

    Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we are not cleansed until this day, although there was a plague in the congregation of the LORD,

    הַמְעַט־ (מְעַט) m.'at- “little”

  3. Judges 4:19

    And he said unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink; for I am thirsty. And she opened a bottle of milk, and gave him drink, and covered him.

    מְעַט־ me.'at- “a little of”

  4. Ruth 2:7

    And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves: so she came, and hath continued even from the morning until now, that she tarried a little in the house.

    מְעָֽט׃ me.'At “little”

  5. 1 Samuel 14:6

    And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armor, Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that the LORD will work for us: for there is no restraint to the LORD to save by many or by few.

    בִמְעָֽט׃ (מְעָֽט) m.'At “few”

  6. 1 Samuel 14:29

    Then said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the land: see, I pray you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of this honey.

    מְעַ֖ט me.'At “a little of”

  7. 1 Samuel 14:43

    Then Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what thou hast done. And Jonathan told him, and said, I did but taste a little honey with the end of the rod that was in mine hand, and, lo, I must die.

    מְעַ֥ט me.'At “a little of”

  8. 1 Samuel 17:28

    And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.

    מְעַ֨ט me.'At “[the] fewness of”

  9. 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.

    מְעָ֔ט me.'At “little”

  10. 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.

    מְעַט֙ me.'At “a little”

  11. 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?

    כִּמְעַ֞ט (מְעַ֞ט) m.'At “a little”

  12. 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.

    מְעַט־ me.'at- “a little of”

  13. 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.

    וּמְעַט־ (מְעַט) me.'at- “a little of”

  14. 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.

    מְעָ֑ט me.'At “a little”

  15. 1 Chronicles 16:19

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

    כִּמְעַ֖ט (מְעַ֖ט) m.'At “a few”

  16. 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.

    כִּמְעַט֙ (מְעַט֙) m.'At “a little”

  17. 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.

    לִמְעָ֔ט (מְעָ֔ט) m.'At “fewness”

  18. 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.

    כִּמְעַט־ (מְעַט) m.'at- “a little of”מְעַ֖ט me.'At “a little”

  19. 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.

    מְעַט֮ me.'At “a few”

  20. Nehemiah 7:4

    Now the city was large and great: but the people were few therein, and the houses were not builded.

    מְעַ֖ט me.'At “[were] few”

  21. Job 10:20

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

    מְעַ֣ט me.'At “few”מְּעָֽט׃ me.'At “a little”

  22. Job 15:11

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

    הַמְעַ֣ט (מְעַ֣ט) m.'At “[too] little”

  23. 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.

    מְּעַ֨ט׀ me.'At “a little”

  24. Job 32:22

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

    כִּ֝מְעַ֗ט (מְעַ֗ט) m.'At “a little”

  25. Psalms 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.

    כִּמְעַ֣ט (מְעַ֣ט) m.'At “a little”