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Lexicon :: Strong's H4591 - māʿaṭ

Aa
מָעַט
Transliteration
māʿaṭ
Pronunciation
maw-at'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1228

Strong’s Definitions

מָעַט mâʻaṭ, maw-at'; a primitive root; properly, to pare off, i.e. lessen; intransitively, to be (or causatively, to make) small or few (or figuratively, ineffective):—suffer to decrease, diminish, (be, × borrow a, give, make) few (in number, -ness), gather least (little), be (seem) little, (× give the) less, be minished, bring to nothing.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x

The KJV translates Strong's H4591 in the following manner: diminish (5x), few (4x), less (4x), little (3x), fewness (1x), least (1x), minished (1x), decrease (1x), nothing (1x), few in number (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x
The KJV translates Strong's H4591 in the following manner: diminish (5x), few (4x), less (4x), little (3x), fewness (1x), least (1x), minished (1x), decrease (1x), nothing (1x), few in number (1x).

  1. to be or become small, be few, be diminished

    1. (Qal)

      1. to diminish

      2. to be too small

    2. (Piel) to become few

    3. (Hiphil)

      1. to make small, make few, diminish

      2. to give less

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מָעַט mâʻaṭ, maw-at'; a primitive root; properly, to pare off, i.e. lessen; intransitively, to be (or causatively, to make) small or few (or figuratively, ineffective):—suffer to decrease, diminish, (be, × borrow a, give, make) few (in number, -ness), gather least (little), be (seem) little, (× give the) less, be minished, bring to nothing.
STRONGS H4591: Abbreviations
† [מָעַט] verb be or become small, diminished, few (Late Hebrew, Talmud, id.; Arabic bdb058902 is to be without hair on the body) —
Qal Imperfect יִמְעַט Exodus 12:4, 2nd person masculine plural תִּמְעָ֑טוּ Jeremiah 29:6, 3rd person masculine plural יִמְעָ֑טוּ Isaiah 21:17 +, וַיִּמְעֲטוּ Psalm 107:39; Infinitive מְעֹט Leviticus 25:16; — Exodus 12:4 אִסיִֿמְעַט הַבַּיִת מִהְיוֺת מִשֶּׂה if the house be too small for a lamb; Nehemiah 9:32 אַליִֿמְעַט לְפָנֶיךָ אֵת כָּלהַֿתְּלָאָה (compare Ges§ 117 l); of a people, Jeremiah 29:6 וּרְבוּ שָׁם וְאַלתִּֿמְעָ֑טוּ and become not few, Jeremiah 30:19 וְהִרְבִּתִים וְלֹא יִמְעָ֔טוּ, Isaiah 21:17; Psalm 107:39; Proverbs 13:11 הוֺן מֵהֶבֶל יִמְעָ֑ט diminishes (opposed to יַרְבֶּה); Leviticus 25:16 וּלְפִי מְעֹט הַשָּׁנִים according to the fewness of the years.
Pi. become few (Ges§ 52 k), Perfect 3rd person plural Ecclesiastes 12:3 וּבָֽטְלוּ הַטֹּחֲנוֺת כִּי מִעֵ֔טוּ.
Hiph. Perfect 3rd person feminine singular consecutive וְהִמְעִ֫יטָה (Ges§ 49 k), Leviticus 26:22, 1st person singular with suffix וְהִמְעַטְתִּים Ezekiel 29:15; Imperfect 2nd person masculine singular תַּמְעִיט Leviticus 25:16, תַּמְעִטֵ֫נִי Jeremiah 10:34, 2nd person feminine singular תַּמְעִ֫יטִי 2 Kings 4:3, etc.; — make small or few, diminish:
a. Leviticus 26:22 (of the sword) וְהִמְעִ֫יטָה אֶתְכֶם, Ezekiel 29:15 וְהִמְעַטְתִּים, Jeremiah 10:24 פֶּן־ אַל־בְּאַפְּךָ lest thou make me (the people) small, Psalm 107:38 וּבְהֶמְתָּם לֹא יַמְעִיט; Leviticus 25:16 וּלְפִי מְעֹט הַשָּׁנִים תַּמְעִיט מִקְנָתוֺ according to the smallness (fewness) of the years, thou shalt make small its price, Numbers 26:54 לָרַב תַּרְבֶּה נַחֲלָתוֺ וְלַמְעַט תַּמְעִיט נַחֲלָתוֺ and to the small (few) thou shalt make small his inheritance (so Numbers 33:54).
b. qualifying an action (sometimes to be understood from the context), Exodus 16:17 וַיִּלְקְטוּ הַמַּרְבֶּה וְהַמַּמְעִיט and they gathered, he that made much, and he that made little (that is לִלְקֹט), Exodus 16:18; Numbers 11:32 עשׂרה חמרים הממעיט אסף, 2 Kings 4:3 כֵּלִים רֵקִים אַלתַּֿמְעִיטִי empty vessels make not few (that is, in borrowing); Exodus 30:15 הֶעָשִׁיר לֹא יַרְבֶּה וְהַדַּל לֹא יַמְעִיט מִמַּחֲצִית הַשָּׁ֑קֶל לָתֵת וגו׳ shall not diminish from the half shekel to give, i.e. shall not give less, Numbers 35:8 מֵאֵת הָרַב תַּרְבּוּ וּמֵאֵת הַמְעַט תַּמְעִיטוּ and from the few ye shall make few (that is לָתֵת), i.e. ye shall give few (cities).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

12:4; 12:4; 16:17; 16:18; 30:15

Leviticus

25:16; 25:16; 25:16; 25:16; 26:22; 26:22

Numbers

11:32; 26:54; 33:54; 35:8

2 Kings

4:3; 4:3

Nehemiah

9:32

Psalms

107:38; 107:39; 107:39

Proverbs

13:11

Ecclesiastes

12:3

Isaiah

21:17; 21:17

Jeremiah

10:24; 29:6; 29:6; 30:19

Ezekiel

29:15; 29:15

H4591

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Strong's Number H4591 matches the Hebrew מָעַט (māʿaṭ),
which occurs 22 times in 21 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:4 - ‘Now if H518 the household H1004 is H4591 too H4480 small H4591 for a [fn]lamb H7716, then he and his neighbor H7934 nearest H7138 to his house H1004 are to take H3947 one according to the [fn]number H4373 of persons H5315 in them; in proportion H6310 to [fn]what each H376 one H376 should eat H398, you are to [fn]divide H3699 the lamb H7716.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:17 - The sons H1121 of Israel H3478 did H6213 so H3651, and some gathered H3950 much H7235 and some little H4591.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:18 - When they measured H4058 it by the [fn]omer H6016, the one who had gathered H7235 much H7235 did not have H5736 too H5736 much H5736, and the one who had gathered H4591 little H4591 did not have H2637 too H2637 little H2637; everyone H376 gathered H3950 [fn]as much H6310 as he would eat H398.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:15 - “The rich H6223 shall not pay H7235 more H7235, and the poor H1800 shall not pay H4591 less H4591, than H4480 the half H4276 shekel H8255, when you give H5414 the [fn]contribution H8641 to the LORD H3068 to make H3722 atonement H3722 for [fn]yourselves H5315.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:16 - ‘In proportion H6310 to [fn]a greater H7230 number H7230 of years H8141 you shall increase H7235 its price H4736, and in proportion H6310 to [fn]fewer H4591 years H8141 you shall decrease H4591 its price H4736, because it is the number H4557 of crops H8393 that he is selling H4376 to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:22 - ‘I will also let H7971 loose H7971 among you the animals H2416 of the field H7704, which will deprive H7921 you of H7921 your children H7921 and eliminate H3772 your cattle H929, and reduce H4591 your number H4591 so that your roads H1870 become H8074 deserted H8074.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:32 - And the people H5971 [fn]spent H6965 all H3605 that day H3117, all H3605 night H3915, and all H3605 the next H4283 day H3117, and they gathered H622 the quail H7958 (the one who gathered H4591 least H4591 gathered H622 [fn]ten H6235 homers H2563) and spread H7849 them out H7849 for themselves all H5439 around H5439 the camp H4264.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:54 - “To a larger H7227 group you shall increase H7235 their inheritance H5159, and to a smaller H4592 group you shall decrease H4591 their inheritance H5159; each H376 shall be given H5414 their inheritance H5159 corresponding H6310 to the total of those who were numbered H6485 of them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:54 - ‘You shall maintain H5157 the land H776 as H5157 an H5157 inheritance H5157 by lot H1486 according to your families H4940; to the larger H7227 you shall give H7235 more H7235 inheritance H5159, and to the smaller H4592 you shall give H4591 less H4591 inheritance H5159. Wherever H413 H834 H8033 the lot H1486 falls H3318 to anyone, that shall be his. You shall pass H5157 on H5157 land as H5157 an H5157 inheritance H5157 according to the tribes H4294 of your fathers H1.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:8 - “As for the cities H5892 which H834 you shall give H5414 them from the possession H272 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478, you shall take H7235 more H7235 from the larger H7227, and you shall take H4591 fewer H4591 from the smaller H4592; each H376 shall give H5414 some H4480 of his cities H5892 to the Levites H3881 in proportion H6310 to his inheritance H5159 which H834 he possesses H5157.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:3 - Then he said H559, “Go H1980, [fn]borrow H7592 containers H3627 [fn]elsewhere H2351 for yourself, empty H7386 containers H3627 from all H3605 your neighbors H7934—do not get H4591 too few H4591.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:32 -

“Now H6258 then, our God H430, the great H1419, the mighty H1368, and the awesome H3372 God H410, who keeps H8104 His covenant H1285 and faithfulness H2617,

Do not let all H3605 the hardship H8513 seem H4591 insignificant H4591 before H6440 You,

Which H834 has happened H4672 to H4672 us, our kings H4428, our leaders H8269, our priests H3548, our prophets H5030, our fathers H1, and to all H3605 Your people H5971,

From the days H3117 of the kings H4428 of Assyria H804 to this H2088 day H3117.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:38 -

He also blesses H1288 them and they multiply H7235 greatly H3966,

And He does not let their cattle H929 decrease H4591.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:39 -

When they become H4591 few H4591 and lowly H7817

Because H4480 of oppression H6115, misery H7451, and sorrow H3015,

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Wealth H1952 obtained from [fn]nothing H1892 dwindles H4591,

But one who gathers H6908 [fn]by labor H3027 increases H7235 it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:3 - on the day H3117 that the watchmen H8104 of the house H1004 tremble H2111, and strong H2428 men H376 are bent H5791 over H5791, the grinders H2912 stop H988 working H988 because H3588 they are H4591 few H4591, and those who look H7200 through [fn]windows H699 grow H2821 [fn]dim H2821;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:17 - and the remainder H7605 of the number H4557 of bowmen H7198, the warriors H1368 of the sons H1121 of Kedar H6938, will be H4591 few H4591; for the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478 has spoken H1696.”

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Correct H3256 me, LORD H3068, but with justice H4941;

Not with Your anger H639, or H6435 You will [fn]bring H4591 me to H4591 nothing H4591.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:6 - ‘Take H3947 wives H802 and father H3205 sons H1121 and daughters H1323, and take H3947 wives H802 for your sons H1121 and give H5414 your daughters H1323 to husbands H376, so that they may give H3205 birth H3205 to sons H1121 and daughters H1323; and grow H7235 in H7235 numbers H7235 there H8033 and do not decrease H4591.

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‘From them will come H3318 a song H8426 of H8426 thanksgiving H8426

And the voices H6963 of those who [fn]celebrate H7832;

And I will multiply H7235 them and they will not decrease H4591;

I will honor H3513 them and they will not be insignificant H6819.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:15 - “It will be the lowest H8217 of the kingdoms H4467, and it will not raise H5375 itself above H5921 the nations H1471 again H5750. And I will make H4591 them small H4591 so H1115 that H1115 they will H1115 not H1115 rule H7287 over H5921 the nations H1471.
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