מָעַט
mâʻaṭ(maw-at')
“properly, to pare off, i.e. lessen; intransitively, to be (or causatively, to make) small or few (or figuratively, ineffective)”
23 occurrencesOld TestamentUncommon Word
Definition
Strong’s Definition
properly, to pare off, i.e. lessen; intransitively, to be (or causatively, to make) small or few (or figuratively, ineffective)
Translated in KJV as
suffer to decreasediminish(be, [idiom] borrow a, give, make) few (in number, -ness)gather least (little)be (seem) little([idiom] give the) lessbe minishedbring to nothing.
Etymology
a primitive root;
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“And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto his house take it according to the number of the souls; every man according to his eating shall make your count for…”