מָעַט (ma.at) means “to diminish” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: maw-at' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
מָעַט · ma.at · to diminish
1) to be or become small, be few, be diminished 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to diminish 1a2) to be too small 1b) (Piel) to become few 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to make small, make few, diminish 1c2) to give less
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a primitive root; properly, to pare off, i.e. lessen; intransitively, to be (or causatively, to make) small or few (or figuratively, ineffective)
KJV glosses: suffer to decrease, diminish, (be, [idiom] borrow a, give, make) few (in number, -ness), gather least (little), be (seem) little, ([idiom] give the) less, be minished, bring to nothing.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| a lesser | 1 |
| and a smaller | 1 |
| and decrease | 1 |
| and he who gathered little | 1 |
| and less from | 1 |
| and reduce | 1 |
| and some less | 1 |
| be decreased | 1 |
| decrease | 1 |
| diminish | 1 |
| for i will diminish egypt | 1 |
| gather just a few | 1 |
| give less | 1 |
| is too small | 1 |
| less than | 1 |
| or decrease | 1 |
| they are few | 1 |
| view lightly | 1 |
| when they are decreased | 1 |
| will be few | 1 |
| will dwindle | 1 |
| you will bring me to nothing | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| shall be diminished | 2 |
| again they are minished | 1 |
| and he that gathered little | 1 |
| and make you few in number | 1 |
| and suffereth | 1 |
| because they are few | 1 |
| borrow not a few | 1 |
| for i will diminish | 1 |
| he that gathered least | 1 |
| lest thou bring me to nothing | 1 |
| seem little | 1 |
| shall not give less | 1 |
| some less | 1 |
| them and they shall not be few | 1 |
| there and not diminished | 1 |
| thou shalt diminish | 1 |
| thou shalt give the less | 1 |
| to decrease | 1 |
| to the fewness | 1 |
| too little | 1 |
| ye shall give few | 1 |
| ye shall give the less | 1 |
Page 1 of 1. 21 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
If the household is too small for a whole lamb, they are to share with the nearest neighbor based on the number of people, and apportion the lamb accordingly.
Read word by wordSo the Israelites did this. Some gathered more, and some less.
Read word by wordWhen they measured it by the omer, he who gathered much had no excess, and he who gathered little had no shortfall. Each one gathered as much as he needed to eat.
Read word by wordIn making the offering to the LORD to atone for your lives, the rich shall not give more than a half shekel, nor shall the poor give less.
Read word by wordYou shall increase the price in proportion to a greater number of years, or decrease it in proportion to a lesser number of years; for he is selling you a given number of harvests.
Read word by wordI will send wild animals against you to rob you of your children, destroy your livestock, and reduce your numbers, until your roads lie desolate.
Read word by wordAll that day and night, and all the next day, the people stayed up gathering the quail. No one gathered less than ten homers, and they spread them out all around the camp.
Read word by wordIncrease the inheritance for a large tribe and decrease it for a small one; each tribe is to receive its inheritance according to the number of those registered.
Read word by wordAnd you are to divide the land by lot according to your clans. Give a larger inheritance to a larger clan and a smaller inheritance to a smaller one. Whatever falls to each one by lot will be his. You will receive an inheritance according to the tribes of your fathers.
Read word by wordThe cities that you apportion from the territory of the Israelites should be given to the Levites in proportion to the inheritance of each tribe: more from a larger tribe and less from a smaller one.”
Read word by word“Go,” said Elisha, “borrow empty jars from all your neighbors. Do not gather just a few.
Read word by wordSo now, our God, the great and mighty and awesome God who keeps His gracious covenant, do not view lightly all the hardship that has come upon us, and upon our kings and leaders, our priests and prophets, our ancestors and all Your people, from the days of the kings of Assyria until today.
Read word by wordHe blesses them, and they multiply greatly; He does not let their herds diminish.
Read word by wordWhen they are decreased and humbled by oppression, evil, and sorrow,
Read word by wordDishonest wealth will dwindle, but what is earned through hard work will be multiplied.
Read word by wordon the day the keepers of the house tremble and the strong men stoop, when those grinding cease because they are few and those watching through windows see dimly,
Read word by wordThe remaining archers, the warriors of Kedar, will be few.” For the LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken.
Read word by wordCorrect me, O LORD, but only with justice—not in Your anger, or You will bring me to nothing.
Read word by wordTake wives and have sons and daughters. Take wives for your sons and give your daughters in marriage, so that they too may have sons and daughters. Multiply there; do not decrease.
Read word by wordThanksgiving will proceed from them, a sound of celebration. I will multiply them, and they will not be decreased; I will honor them, and they will not be belittled.
Read word by wordEgypt will be the lowliest of kingdoms and will never again exalt itself above the nations. For I will diminish Egypt so that it will never again rule over the nations.
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