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מָעַט H4591

H4591 is the Hebrew word מָעַט, transliterated mâʻaṭ and said maw-at'. The King James Version most often renders it diminish.

Word: מָעַטTransliteration: mâʻaṭSaid: maw-at'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 18 verses

What it means

properly, to pare off, i.e. lessen; intransitively, to be (or causatively, to make) small or few (or figuratively, ineffective).

Where it comes from

a primitive root.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 15 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

diminish 2×give the less 2×diminished 2×too little 1×gathered little 1×give less 1×fewness 1×make you few in number 1×gathered least 1×give few 1×borrow not a few 1×seem little 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: 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.

Verses using מָעַט

All 18 verses, quoted in full.

Exodus 12:4 · KJV

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 the lamb.

Exodus 16:18 · KJV

And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating.

Exodus 30:15 · KJV

The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when they give an offering unto the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls.

Leviticus 25:16 · KJV

According to the multitude of years thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of years thou shalt diminish the price of it: for according to the number of the years of the fruits doth he sell unto thee.

Leviticus 26:22 · KJV

I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your high ways shall be desolate.

Numbers 11:32 · KJV

And the people stood up all that day, and all that night, and all the next day, and they gathered the quails: he that gathered least gathered ten homers: and they spread them all abroad for themselves round about the camp.

Numbers 26:54 · KJV

To many thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to few thou shalt give the less inheritance: to every one shall his inheritance be given according to those that were numbered of him.

Numbers 33:54 · KJV

And ye shall divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your families: and to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer ye shall give the less inheritance: every man’s inheritance shall be in the place where his lot falleth; according to the tribes of your fathers ye shall inherit.

Numbers 35:8 · KJV

And the cities which ye shall give shall be of the possession of the children of Israel: from them that have many ye shall give many; but from them that have few ye shall give few: every one shall give of his cities unto the Levites according to his inheritance which he inheriteth.

2 Kings 4:3 · KJV

Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.

Nehemiah 9:32 · KJV

Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, since the time of the kings of Assyria unto this day.

Psalm 107:38 · KJV

He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.

Psalm 107:39 · KJV

Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.

Proverbs 13:11 · KJV

Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.

Ecclesiastes 12:3 · KJV

In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened,

Isaiah 21:17 · KJV

And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the LORD God of Israel hath spoken it.

Jeremiah 30:19 · KJV

And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.

Ezekiel 29:15 · KJV

It shall be the basest of the kingdoms; neither shall it exalt itself any more above the nations: for I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over the nations.

Common questions

What does Strong's H4591 mean?

H4591 is the Hebrew word מָעַט (mâʻaṭ), meaning properly, to pare off, i.e. lessen; intransitively, to be (or causatively, to make) small or few (or figuratively, ineffective).

How is H4591 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it diminish (2 times), give the less (2 times), diminished (2 times), too little (1 time), gathered little (1 time), among others.

How many times does H4591 appear in the Bible?

מָעַט (mâʻaṭ) is tagged in 18 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H4591 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.

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