Hebrew word study
מְעַטmᵉʻaṭ — a little or few (often adverbial or compar.)
Pronounced “meh-at'”
a little or few (often adverbial or compar.)
Translated in the King James as: almost (some, very) few(-er, -est), lightly, little (while), (very) small (matter, thing), some, soon, very.
Appears 100 times in Scripture
Origin: or מְעָט; from H4591 (מָעַט);
Read it in context & ask Abram about this wordWhere it appears
Genesis — 11×
Exodus — 3×
Leviticus — 1×
Numbers — 7×
Deuteronomy — 6×
Deuteronomy 7:7Deuteronomy 7:22Deuteronomy 26:5Deuteronomy 28:38Deuteronomy 28:62+ 1 more in Deuteronomy
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 — 2×
Ezra 9:8+ 1 more in Ezra
Nehemiah — 2×
Psalms — 10×
Proverbs — 10×
Ecclesiastes — 4×
Song of Solomon — 1×
Jeremiah — 2×
Daniel — 2×
Hosea — 2×
Haggai — 3×
Zechariah — 1×
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Lexicon data: Open Scriptures Strong’s dictionaries (CC-BY-SA). Word alignment: Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain). Self-hosted by Seen.