Hebrew word study

מָעַטmâʻaṭ — properly, to pare off, i.e. lessen

Pronounced “maw-at'”

properly, to pare off, i.e. lessen; intransitively, to be (or causatively, to make) small or few (or figuratively, ineffective)

Translated in the King James as: suffer to decrease, diminish, (be, borrow a, give, make) few (in number, -ness), gather least (little), be (seem) little, (give the) less, be minished, bring to nothing.

Appears 22 times in Scripture

Origin: a primitive root;

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