Strong's Concordance
meat: a little, fewness, a few
Original Word: מְעָטPart of Speech: substantive
Transliteration: meat
Phonetic Spelling: (meh-at')
Short Definition: little
Brown-Driver-Briggs
101 ; — absolute and construct,
Isaiah 10:7 +, plural
Psalm 109:8;
Ecclesiastes 5:1; —
Genesis 30:30 the little that thou hadst, Genesis 47:9 few and evil, Leviticus 25:52; Numbers 26:54 (compare Numbers 33:54) and to the small (few) thou shalt make small his inheritance, Numbers 33:56; Numbers 35:8 , Deuteronomy 7:7 ye are the fewest out of all peoples, 1 Samuel 14:6 , Jeremiah 42:2 we are left as few out of many, Ezekiel 5:3 , Haggai 1:6 (compare Haggai 1:9), Psalm 8:6 , Psalm 37:16 (compare Proverbs 15:16; Proverbs 16:8), 2Chronicles 29:34 ; as predicate Numbers 13:18 , Joshua 7:3 , Job 10:20; Ruth 2:7; Nehemiah 7:4; Isaiah 16:14 . — Hosea 8:10 and they begin as littleness ( = to be minished) because of, &c.; but read probably () and they shall cease for a little (
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as substantive with following Genitive, Genesis 18:4 a little of water, Genesis 24:17,43, Genesis 43:2; Genesis 44:25; 1 Samuel 14:43; 1 Samuel 17:28 literally the fewness of those sheep, Proverbs 6:10 +; as Genitive to a previous substantive, men of fewness Deuteronomy 26:5; Deuteronomy 28:62; in apposition, Isaiah 10:7 , Ezra 9:8 , Nehemiah 2:12 , Ecclesiastes 9:4; either Genitive or appositive, Ecclesiastes 10:1; Daniel 11:34 with a help of smallness.
, Psalm 109:8 , Ecclesiastes 5:1 .
, 2 Samuel 16:1 ; of time, Job 10:20 b; of degree, 2 Kings 10:18 , Ezekiel 11:16 and have been to them for a sanctuary but little, Zechariah 1:15; repeated by little, by little = gradually, Exodus 23:30; Deuteronomy 7:22.
— a. with the interr. , Genesis 30:15 was thy taking my husband (too) little? and (wilt thou be) for taking also my son's love-apples? Numbers 16:9-10 is it too little for you that J. hath separated, etc., ... and do ye seek, etc.? Numbers 16:13 , Joshua 22:17f. , Isaiah 7:13 is wearying men too little for you, that you will weary also my God? Ezekiel 34:18 (as Ew Co AV RV), Job 15:11 . But Ezekiel 16:20 (si vera lectio) was it (too) little because of thy whoredom? (was that insufficient for thee? Kö iii. 406 m). b. , Exodus 17:4 yet a little, and they will stone me, Jeremiah 51:33; Hosea 1:4; Psalm 37:10; Isaiah 10:25; Isaiah 29:17; compare Haggai 2:6; Job 24:24.
like a little: hence
within a little, almost (compare ), Genesis 26:10 almost had lain ..., Psalm 73:2 Qr, Psalm 94:17; Psalm 119:87; Proverbs 5:14 (all followed by perfect); Ezekiel 16:47 like a little, and thou hadst done more corruptly than they; Songs 3:4 = hardly had I passed.
with imperfect, just, 2 Samuel 19:37 just would thy servant pass over; lightly, easily, quickly (compare ), Psalm 2:12 , Psalm 81:15; Job 32:22.
= shortly, 2 Chronicles 12:7.
= little worth, Proverbs 10:20 . e. pleonastic for , Isaiah 1:9 (accents) a little remnant, Psalm 105:12 (= 1 Chronicles 16:19) ; like the littleness of a moment = for a little moment, Isaiah 26:20; Ezra 9:8.
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
almost some, very fewer lightly, little while, very small matter, thing, some, soon, very
Or miat {meh-awt'}; from ma'at; a little or few (often adverbial or compar.) -- almost (some, very) few(-er, -est), lightly, little (while), (very) small (matter, thing), some, soon, X very.
see HEBREW ma'at
Forms and Transliterations
בִּמְעַט־ בִמְעָֽט׃ במעט־ במעט׃ הַמְעַ֖ט הַמְעַ֗ט הַמְעַ֣ט הַמְעַ֤ט הַמְעַ֥ט הַמְעַט֙ הַמְעַט־ המעט המעט־ וְלַמְעַ֕ט וְלַמְעַט֙ וּמְעַ֣ט וּמְעַט־ ולמעט ומעט ומעט־ כִּ֝מְעַ֗ט כִּ֠מְעַט כִּ֭מְעַט כִּמְעַ֓ט ׀ כִּמְעַ֖ט כִּמְעַ֞ט כִּמְעַ֣ט כִּמְעַט֙ כִּמְעַט־ כִּמְעָ֑ט כִּמְעָֽט׃ כִמְעַט־ כמעט כמעט־ כמעט׃ לִמְעָ֔ט לִמְעָֽט׃ למעט למעט׃ מְ֭עַט מְּ֭עַט מְּעַ֨ט ׀ מְּעָ֔ט מְּעָֽט׃ מְעַ֓ט ׀ מְעַ֔ט מְעַ֖ט מְעַ֗ט מְעַ֛ט מְעַ֞ט מְעַ֣ט מְעַ֤ט מְעַ֥ט מְעַ֨ט מְעַט֙ מְעַט֩ מְעַט֮ מְעַטִּ֑ים מְעַטִּֽים׃ מְעַט־ מְעָ֑ט מְעָ֔ט מְעָ֗ט מְעָֽט׃ מִעֵ֔טוּ מעט מעט־ מעט׃ מעטו מעטים מעטים׃ ḇim‘āṭ bim‘aṭ- ḇim·‘āṭ bim·‘aṭ- bimat chimat ham‘aṭ ham‘aṭ- ham·‘aṭ ham·‘aṭ- hamAt kim‘aṭ kim‘āṭ kim‘aṭ- ḵim‘aṭ- kim·‘aṭ kim·‘āṭ kim·‘aṭ- ḵim·‘aṭ- Kimat lim‘āṭ lim·‘āṭ limAt mə‘aṭ mə‘āṭ mə‘aṭ- mə‘aṭṭîm mə·‘aṭ mə·‘āṭ mə·‘aṭ- mə·‘aṭ·ṭîm meat meatTim mi‘êṭū mi·‘ê·ṭū miEtu ū·mə·‘aṭ ū·mə·‘aṭ- ūmə‘aṭ ūmə‘aṭ- umeAt velamAt vimAt wə·lam·‘aṭ wəlam‘aṭ
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