מְעַט (me.at) means “little” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: meh-at' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
מְעַט · me.at · little
1) littleness, few, a little, fewness 1a) little, small, littleness, fewness, too little, yet a little 1b) like a little, within a little, almost, just, hardly, shortly, little worth
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or מְעָט; from H4591 (מָעַט); a little or few (often adverbial or compar.)
KJV glosses: almost (some, very) few(-er, -est), lightly, little (while), (very) small (matter, thing), some, soon, [idiom] very.
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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 little | 18 |
| few | 8 |
| is it not enough | 5 |
| little | 5 |
| a few | 3 |
| not enough | 3 |
| and a little | 2 |
| by little | 2 |
| few indeed | 2 |
| in an instant | 2 |
| a little more | 1 |
| a little while | 1 |
| a short time | 1 |
| a smaller one | 1 |
| and smaller tribes | 1 |
| are so few | 1 |
| but soon you were | 1 |
| but there were few | 1 |
| by few | 1 |
| could easily | 1 |
| enough | 1 |
| few in number | 1 |
| for a brief | 1 |
| for a moment | 1 |
| for a small one | 1 |
| give me a little | 1 |
| had almost | 1 |
| has little worth | 1 |
| how soon | 1 |
| i had just | 1 |
| in a little while | 1 |
| it amounted to little | 1 |
| let a little | 1 |
| on the brink | 1 |
| only a few | 1 |
| only a short distance | 1 |
| short | 1 |
| so a little | 1 |
| some | 1 |
| that was not enough | 1 |
| the little | 1 |
| they almost | 1 |
| to a smaller one | 1 |
| to diminish | 1 |
| very little | 1 |
| was a little | 1 |
| were the fewest | 1 |
| will be few | 1 |
| with few | 1 |
| with only a few | 1 |
| would soon | 1 |
| yet for a little while | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| a little | 17 |
| few | 9 |
| little | 5 |
| a small thing | 4 |
| us a little | 3 |
| a few | 2 |
| a small matter | 2 |
| and a little | 2 |
| and few | 2 |
| and little | 2 |
| be few | 2 |
| but a little | 2 |
| little while | 2 |
| too little | 2 |
| a little way | 1 |
| a little while | 1 |
| and now for a little | 1 |
| and to few | 1 |
| and to the fewer | 1 |
| but few | 1 |
| by little | 1 |
| even a few | 1 |
| for a little while | 1 |
| for i was but a little | 1 |
| for thou hast made him a little | 1 |
| for yet a little | 1 |
| for yet a little while | 1 |
| had almost | 1 |
| her yet a little while | 1 |
| i and some | 1 |
| i pray thee a little | 1 |
| i should soon | 1 |
| i was almost | 1 |
| in little | 1 |
| let a little | 1 |
| little worth | 1 |
| me i pray thee a little | 1 |
| might lightly | 1 |
| not a few | 1 |
| or by few | 1 |
| small | 1 |
| the fewest | 1 |
| thee by little | 1 |
| them some | 1 |
| thereof a few | 1 |
| they be almost | 1 |
| they had almost | 1 |
| thyself as it were for a little | 1 |
| to little | 1 |
| unto her give me i pray thee a little | 1 |
| unto us a very small | 1 |
| very | 1 |
| was a little | 1 |
| were almost | 1 |
| were too few | 1 |
| with a little | 1 |
| with a small | 1 |
| would soon | 1 |
| yea very few | 1 |
| yet will i be to them as a little | 1 |
Page 1 of 2. 92 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
Let a little water be brought, that you may wash your feet and rest yourselves under the tree.
Read word by wordSo the servant ran to meet her and said, “Please let me have a little water from your jar.”
Read word by wordHere I am, standing beside this spring. Now if a maiden comes out to draw water and I say to her, ‘Please let me drink a little water from your jar,’
Read word by word“What is this you have done to us?” asked Abimelech. “One of the people could easily have slept with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us.”
Read word by wordBut Leah replied, “Is it not enough that you have taken away my husband? Now you want to take my son’s mandrakes as well?” “Very well,” said Rachel, “he may sleep with you tonight in exchange for your son’s mandrakes.”
Read word by wordIndeed, you had very little before my arrival, but now your wealth has increased many times over. The LORD has blessed you wherever I set foot. But now, when may I also provide for my own household?”
Read word by wordSo when Jacob’s sons had eaten all the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go back and buy us a little more food.”
Read word by wordThen their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: Put some of the best products of the land in your packs and carry them down as a gift for the man—a little balm and a little honey, spices and myrrh, pistachios and almonds.
Read word by wordThen our father said, ‘Go back and buy us some food.’
Read word by word“My travels have lasted 130 years,” Jacob replied. “My years have been few and hard, and they have not matched the years of the travels of my fathers.”
Read word by wordThen Moses cried out to the LORD, “What should I do with these people? A little more and they will stone me!”
Read word by wordLittle by little I will drive them out ahead of you, until you become fruitful and possess the land.
Read word by wordIf only a few years remain until the Year of Jubilee, he is to calculate and pay his redemption according to his remaining years.
Read word by wordSee what the land is like and whether its people are strong or weak, few or many.
Read word by wordIs it not enough for you that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel and brought you near to Himself to perform the work at the LORD’s tabernacle, and to stand before the congregation to minister to them?
Read word by wordIs it not enough that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey to kill us in the wilderness? Must you also appoint yourself as ruler over us?
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 wordEach inheritance is to be divided by lot among the larger and smaller tribes.”
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 wordThe LORD did not set His affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than the other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples.
Read word by wordThe LORD your God will drive out these nations before you little by little. You will not be enabled to eliminate them all at once, or the wild animals would multiply around you.
Read word by wordand you are to declare before the LORD your God, “My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down to Egypt few in number and lived there and became a great nation, mighty and numerous.
Read word by wordYou will sow much seed in the field but harvest little, because the locusts will consume it.
Read word by wordYou who were as numerous as the stars in the sky will be left few in number, because you would not obey the voice of the LORD your God.
Read word by wordOn returning to Joshua, they reported, “There is no need to send all the people; two or three thousand men are enough to go up and attack Ai. Since the people of Ai are so few, you need not wear out all our people there.”
Read word by wordWas not the sin of Peor enough for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves to this day? It even brought a plague upon the congregation of the LORD.
Read word by wordSisera said to her, “Please give me a little water to drink, for I am thirsty.” So she opened a container of milk, gave him a drink, and covered him again.
Read word by wordShe has said, ‘Please let me glean and gather among the sheaves after the harvesters.’ So she came out and has continued from morning until now, except that she rested a short time in the shelter.”
Read word by wordJonathan said to the young man bearing his armor, “Come, let us cross over to the outpost of these uncircumcised men. Perhaps the LORD will work on our behalf. Nothing can hinder the LORD from saving, whether by many or by few.”
Read word by word“My father has brought trouble to the land,” Jonathan replied. “Just look at how my eyes have brightened because I tasted a little of this honey.
Read word by word“Tell me what you have done,” Saul commanded him. So Jonathan told him, “I only tasted a little honey with the end of the staff that was in my hand. And now I must die?”
Read word by wordNow when David’s oldest brother Eliab heard him speaking to the men, his anger burned against David. “Why have you come down here?” he asked. “And with whom did you leave those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and wickedness of heart—you have come down to see the battle!”
Read word by wordI gave your master’s house to you and your master’s wives into your arms. I gave you the house of Israel and Judah, and if that was not enough, I would have given you even more.
Read word by wordWhen David had gone a little beyond the summit, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth was there to meet him. He had a pair of saddled donkeys loaded with two hundred loaves of bread, a hundred clusters of raisins, a hundred summer fruits, and a skin of wine.
Read word by wordYour servant will go with the king only a short distance past the Jordan; why should the king repay me with such a reward?
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 19.37
So Elijah got up and went to Zarephath. When he arrived at the city gate, there was a widow gathering sticks. Elijah called to her and said, “Please bring me a little water in a cup, so that I may drink.”
Read word by wordBut she replied, “As surely as the LORD your God lives, I have no bread—only a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. Look, I am gathering a couple of sticks to take home and prepare a meal for myself and my son, so that we may eat it and die.”
Read word by wordThen Jehu brought all the people together and said, “Ahab served Baal a little, but Jehu will serve him a lot.
Read word by wordWhen they were few in number, few indeed, and strangers in the land,
Read word by wordWhen the LORD saw that they had humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, “They have humbled themselves; I will not destroy them, but will soon grant them deliverance. My wrath will not be poured out on Jerusalem through Shishak.
Read word by wordHowever, since there were not enough priests to skin all the burnt offerings, their Levite brothers helped them until the work was finished and until the priests had consecrated themselves. For the Levites had been more diligent in consecrating themselves than the priests had been.
Read word by wordBut now, for a brief moment, grace has come from the LORD our God to preserve for us a remnant and to give us a stake in His holy place. Even in our bondage, our God has given us new life and light to our eyes.
Read word by wordI set out at night with a few men. I did not tell anyone what my God had laid on my heart to do for Jerusalem. The only animal with me was the one on which I was riding.
Read word by wordNow the city was large and spacious, but there were few people in it, and the houses had not yet been rebuilt.
Read word by wordAre my days not few? Withdraw from me, that I may have a little comfort,
Read word by wordAre the consolations of God not enough for you, even words spoken gently to you?
Read word by wordThey are exalted for a moment, then they are gone; they are brought low and gathered up like all others; they are cut off like heads of grain.
Read word by wordFor I do not know how to flatter, or my Maker would remove me in an instant.
Read word by wordKiss the Son, lest He be angry and you perish in your rebellion, when His wrath ignites in an instant. Blessed are all who take refuge in Him.
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