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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Where it appears

Exodus — 4×
Exodus 12:4Exodus 16:17Exodus 16:18Exodus 30:15
Leviticus — 3×
Leviticus 25:16Leviticus 26:22+ 1 more in Leviticus
Numbers — 4×
Numbers 11:32Numbers 26:54Numbers 33:54Numbers 35:8
2 Kings — 1×
2 Ki 4:3
Nehemiah — 1×
Nehemiah 9:32
Psalms — 2×
Psalms 107:38Psalms 107:39
Proverbs — 1×
Proverbs 13:11
Ecclesiastes — 1×
Eccles 12:3
Isaiah — 1×
Isaiah 21:17
Jeremiah — 3×
Jeremiah 10:24Jeremiah 29:6Jeremiah 30:19
Ezekiel — 1×
Ezekiel 29:15

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