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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

Renderings

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101 occurrences in 92 verses

With their references and text in Bible in Basic English.

  1. Psalms 8:5

    For you have made him only a little lower than the gods, crowning him with glory and honour.

    מְּ֭עַט Me.'at “little”

  2. Psalms 37:10

    For in a short time the evil-doer will be gone: you will go searching for his place, and it will not be there.

    מְ֭עַט Me.'at “a little”

  3. Psalms 37:16

    The little which the good man has is better than the wealth of evil-doers.

    מְ֭עַט Me.'at “[the] little”

  4. Psalms 73:2

    But as for me, my feet had almost gone from under me; I was near to slipping;

    כִּ֭מְעַט (מְעַט) m.'at “a little”

  5. Psalms 81:14

    I would quickly overcome their haters: my hand would be turned against those who make war on them.

    כִּ֭מְעַט (מְעַט) m.'at “a little”

  6. Psalms 94:17

    If the Lord had not been my helper, my soul would quickly have gone down into death.

    כִּמְעַ֓ט׀ (מְעַ֓ט) m.'At “a little”

  7. Psalms 105:12

    When they were still small in number, and strange in the land;

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

  8. Psalms 109:8

    Let his life be short; let another take his position of authority.

    מְעַטִּ֑ים me.'a.Tim “few”

  9. Psalms 119:87

    They had almost put an end to me on earth; but I did not give up your orders.

    כִּ֭מְעַט (מְעַט) m.'at “a little”

  10. Proverbs 5:14

    I was in almost all evil in the company of the people.

    כִּ֭מְעַט (מְעַט) m.'at “a little”

  11. Proverbs 6:10

    A little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands in sleep:

    מְעַ֣ט me.'At “a little of”מְעַ֣ט me.'At “a little of”מְעַ֓ט׀ me.'At “a little of”

  12. Proverbs 10:20

    The tongue of the upright man is like tested silver: the heart of the evil-doer is of little value.

    כִּמְעָֽט׃ (מְעָֽט) m.'At “a little”

  13. Proverbs 15:16

    Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great wealth together with trouble.

    מְ֭עַט Me.'at “a little”

  14. Proverbs 16:8

    Better is a little with righteousness, than great wealth with wrongdoing.

    מְ֭עַט Me.'at “a little”

  15. Proverbs 24:33

    A little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands in sleep:

    מְעַ֣ט me.'At “a little of”מְעַ֣ט me.'At “a little of”מְעַ֓ט׀ me.'At “a little of”

  16. Ecclesiastes 5:1

    Be not unwise with your mouth, and let not your heart be quick to say anything before God, because God is in heaven and you are on the earth--so let not the number of your words be great.

    מְעַטִּֽים׃ me.'a.Tim “few”

  17. Ecclesiastes 5:11

    The sleep of a working man is sweet, if he has little food or much; but to him who is full, sleep will not come.

    מְעַ֥ט me.'At “a little”

  18. Ecclesiastes 9:14

    There was a little town and the number of its men was small, and there came a great king against it and made an attack on it, building works of war round about it.

    מְעָ֑ט me.'At “[were] few”

  19. Ecclesiastes 10:1

    Dead flies make the oil of the perfumer give out an evil smell; more valued is a little wisdom than the great glory of the foolish.

    מְעָֽט׃ me.'At “a little”

  20. Song of Songs 3:4

    I was but a little way from them, when I came face to face with him who is the love of my soul. I took him by the hands, and did not let him go, till I had taken him into my mother's house, and into the room of her who gave me birth.

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

  21. Isaiah 1:9

    If the Lord of armies had not kept some at least of us safe, we would have been like Sodom, and the fate of Gomorrah would have been ours.

    כִּמְעָ֑ט (מְעָ֑ט) m.'At “a little”

  22. Isaiah 7:13

    And he said, Give ear now, O family of David: is it not enough that you are driving men to disgust? will you do the same to my God?

    הַמְעַ֤ט (מְעַ֤ט) m.'At “[too] little”

  23. Isaiah 10:7

    But this is not what is in his mind, and this is not his design; but his purpose is destruction, and the cutting off of more and more nations.

    מְעָֽט׃ me.'At “a few”

  24. Isaiah 10:25

    For in a very short time my passion will be over, and my wrath will be turned to their destruction.

    מְעַ֣ט me.'At “a little of”

  25. Isaiah 16:14

    But now the Lord has said, In three years, the years of a servant working for payment, the glory of Moab, all that great people, will be turned to shame, and the rest of Moab will be very small and without honour.

    מְעַ֛ט me.'At “little”