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Lexicon :: Strong's H4592 - mᵊʿaṭ

Aa
מְעַט
Transliteration
mᵊʿaṭ
Pronunciation
meh-at'
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Part of Speech
substantive
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1228a

Strong’s Definitions

מְעַט mᵉʻaṭ, meh-at'; or מְעָט mᵉʻâṭ; from H4591; a little or few (often adverbial or comparative):—almost (some, very) few(-er, -est), lightly, little (while), (very) small (matter, thing), some, soon, × very.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 102x

The KJV translates Strong's H4592 in the following manner: little (49x), few (23x), while (6x), almost (5x), small thing (4x), small (3x), some (2x), matter (2x), soon (2x), fewer (1x), fewest (1x), lightly (1x), very (1x), little way (1x), worth (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 102x
The KJV translates Strong's H4592 in the following manner: little (49x), few (23x), while (6x), almost (5x), small thing (4x), small (3x), some (2x), matter (2x), soon (2x), fewer (1x), fewest (1x), lightly (1x), very (1x), little way (1x), worth (1x).

  1. littleness, few, a little, fewness

    1. little, small, littleness, fewness, too little, yet a little

    2. like a little, within a little, almost, just, hardly, shortly, little worth

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מְעַט mᵉʻaṭ, meh-at'; or מְעָט mᵉʻâṭ; from H4591; a little or few (often adverbial or comparative):—almost (some, very) few(-er, -est), lightly, little (while), (very) small (matter, thing), some, soon, × very.
STRONGS H4592: Abbreviations
מְעַט 101 substantive a little, fewness, a few; — מ׳ absolute and construct, מְעָ֑ט Isaiah 10:7 +, plural מְעַטִּים Psalm 109:8; Ecclesiastes 5:1; —
1.
a. Genesis 30:30 מעט אשׁר היה לך לְפָנַי the little that thou hadst, Genesis 47:9 מעט ורעים היו ימי שׁני חיי few and evil, Leviticus 25:52; Numbers 26:54 (compare Numbers 33:54) וְלַמְעַט תמעיט נחלתו and to the small (few) thou shalt make small his inheritance, Numbers 33:56; Numbers 35:8 תמעיטו הַֽמְעַט וּמֵאֵת, Deuteronomy 7:7 מכל־ הַֽמְעַט אתםֿ וכיֿ העמים ye are the fewest out of all peoples, 1 Samuel 14:6 לְהוֺשִׁיעַ בְּרַב אוֺ בִמְעָ֑ט, Jeremiah 42:2 כִּי נִשְׁאַרְנוּ מְעַט מֵהַרְבֵּה we are left as few out of many, Ezekiel 5:3 מִשָּׁם וְלָקַחְתָּ בְּמִסְפָּר מְעַט, Haggai 1:6 זְרַעְתֶּם הַרְבֵּה וְהָבֵא מְעָ֑ט (compare Haggai 1:9), Psalm 8:6 ותחסּרהו מעט מאלהים, Psalm 37:16 טוֺב מְעַט לַצַּדִּיק (compare Proverbs 15:16; Proverbs 16:8), 2 Chronicles 29:34 רַק הַכֹּהֲנִים הָיוּ לִמְעָ֑ט; as predicate Numbers 13:18 הַמְעַט הוּא אִםרָֿ֑ב, Joshua 7:3 כִּי מְעַט הֵמָּה, Job 10:20; Ruth 2:7; Nehemiah 7:4; Isaiah 16:14 וּשְׁאָר מְעַט מִזְעָר. — Hosea 8:10 וַיָּחֵלּוּ מְעַט and they begin as littleness (= to be minished) because of, &c.; but read probably (Greek Version of the LXX) וְיֶחְדְּלוּ מְעַט מִמְּשֹׁחַ and they shall cease for a little (d) from anointing, etc.
b. as substantive with following genitive, Genesis 18:4 מְעַט מַיִם a little of water, Genesis 24:17, 43, מְעַט אֹכֶל Genesis 43:2; Genesis 44:25; 1 Samuel 14:43; 1 Samuel 17:28 מְעַט הַצּאֹן הָהֵ֫נָּה literally the fewness of those sheep, Proverbs 6:10 +; as genitive to a previous substantive, מְתֵי מְעָ֑ט men of fewness Deuteronomy 26:5; Deuteronomy 28:62; in apposition, Isaiah 10:7 לְהַכְרִית גּוֺיִם לֹא מְעָ֑ט, Ezra 9:8 מִחְיָה מְעַט, Nehemiah 2:12 וַאֲנָשִׁים מְעַט עִמִּי, Ecclesiastes 9:4; either genitive or appositive, Ecclesiastes 10:1; Daniel 11:34 יֵעָֽזְרוּ עֵזֶר מְעָ֑ט with a help of smallness.
c. twice declined as an adjective, Psalm 109:8 יִהְיוּ יָמָיו מְעַטִּים, Ecclesiastes 5:1 עלכֿן יהיו דבריך מְעַטִּים.
d. as adverb. accusative, of place, 2 Samuel 16:1 וְדָוִד עֹבֵר מְעַט; of time, Job 10:20 b; of degree, 2 Kings 10:18 אַחְאָב עָבַד אֶתהַֿבַּעַל מְעָ֑ט, Ezekiel 11:16 and have been to them for a sanctuary but little, Zechariah 1:15; repeated מְעַט מְעַט by little, by little = gradually, Exodus 23:30; Deuteronomy 7:22.
e. phrases: —
a. with the interrogative הֲ, † Genesis 30:15 אֶתֿ קַחְתֵּך הַֽמְעַט וְלָקַחַת אִישִׁי was thy taking my husband (too) little? and (wilt thou be) for taking also my son's love-apples? Numbers 16:9-10 כִּי מִכֶּם הַֽמְעַט כְּהֻנָּה גַּם וּבִקַּשְׁתֶּם ֗֗֗ הִבְדִּיל is it too little for you that J. hath separated, etc.,... and do ye seek, etc.? Numbers 16:13 ַֽֽֽהמְעַט כִּי הֶעֱלִיתָנוּ ֗֗֗ כִּי תִשְׂתָּרֵר גַּם הִשְׂתָּרֵר, Joshua 22:17f. וגו׳ תָּשׁוּבו וְאַתֶּם ֗֗֗ לָנוּ הַֽמְעַט, Isaiah 7:13 וגו׳ תַלְאוּ כִּי אֲנָשִׁים הַלְאוֺת מִכֶּם הַֽמְעַט 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 אֵל תַּנְחוּמוֺת מִמְּךָ הַֽמְעַט. 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. עוֺד מְעַט וְ׳, † Exodus 17:4 עוֺד מְעַט וּסְקָלֻנִי yet a little, and they will stone me, Jeremiah 51:33; Hosea 1:4; Psalm 37:10; עוֺד מְעַט מִזְעָר וְ׳ † Isaiah 10:25; Isaiah 29:17; compare Haggai 2:6; Job 24:24.
2. † כִּמְעַט like a little: hence
a. within a little, almost (compare ὀλίγου), Genesis 26:10 כִּמְעַט שָׁכַב ֗֗֗ almost had lain..., Psalm 73:2 Qr, Psalm 94:17; Psalm 119:87; Proverbs 5:14 (all followed by perfect); Ezekiel 16:47 כִּמְעַט קָט וַתַּשְׁחִתִי מֵהֶן like a little, and thou hadst done more corruptly than they; Songs 3:4 כִּמְעַט שֶׁעָבַרְתִּי מֵהֶם = hardly had I passed.
b. with imperfect, just, 2 Samuel 19:37 כמעט יעבר עבדך just would thy servant pass over; lightly, easily, quickly (compare δἰ ὀλίγου), Psalm 2:12 אַפּוֹ ֺכִּמְעַט יִבְעַר כִּי, Psalm 81:15; Job 32:22.
c. = shortly, 2 Chronicles 12:7.
d. = little worth, Proverbs 10:20 כמעט ולב רשׁעים.
e. pleonastic for מְעַט, Isaiah 1:9 (accents) כִּמְעָ֑ט שָׂרִיר a little remnant, Psalm 105:12 (= 1 Chronicles 16:19) כִּמְעַט וְגָרִים בָּהּ; כִּמְעַט רֶגַע like the littleness of a moment = for a little moment, Isaiah 26:20; Ezra 9:8.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

18:4; 24:17; 24:43; 26:10; 30:15; 30:30; 43:2; 44:25; 47:9

Exodus

17:4; 23:30

Leviticus

25:52

Numbers

13:18; 16:9; 16:10; 16:13; 26:54; 33:54; 33:56; 35:8

Deuteronomy

7:7; 7:22; 26:5; 28:62

Joshua

7:3; 22:17

Ruth

2:7

1 Samuel

14:6; 14:43; 17:28

2 Samuel

16:1; 19:37

2 Kings

10:18

1 Chronicles

16:19

2 Chronicles

12:7; 29:34

Ezra

9:8; 9:8

Nehemiah

2:12; 7:4

Job

10:20; 10:20; 15:11; 24:24; 32:22

Psalms

2:12; 8:6; 37:10; 37:16; 73:2; 81:15; 94:17; 105:12; 109:8; 109:8; 119:87

Proverbs

5:14; 6:10; 10:20; 15:16; 16:8

Ecclesiastes

5:1; 5:1; 9:4; 10:1

Song of Songs

3:4

Isaiah

1:9; 7:13; 10:7; 10:7; 10:25; 16:14; 26:20; 29:17

Jeremiah

42:2; 51:33

Ezekiel

5:3; 11:16; 16:20; 16:47; 34:18

Daniel

11:34

Hosea

1:4; 8:10

Haggai

1:6; 1:9; 2:6

Zechariah

1:15

H4592

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Strong's Number H4592 matches the Hebrew מְעַט (mᵊʿaṭ),
which occurs 101 times in 92 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 2 (Psa 8:5–Zec 1:15)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:5 - Yet You have made H2637 him a little H4592 lower H2637 than H4480 [fn]God, H430
And You crown H5849 him with glory H3519 and majesty! H1926

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:10 - Yet H5750 a little H4592 while H4592 and the wicked H7563 man H7563 will be no H369 more; H369
And you will look H995 carefully H995 for his place H4725 and he will not be there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:16 - Better H2896 is the little H4592 of the righteous H6662
Than H4480 the abundance H1995 of many H7227 wicked. H7563

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:2 - But as for me, my feet H7272 came H5186 close H4592 to stumbling, H5186
My steps H838 [fn]had almost H369 slipped. H8210

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:14 - “I would quickly H4592 subdue H3665 their enemies H340
And turn H7725 My hand H3027 against H5921 their adversaries. H6862

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:17 - If H3884 the LORD H3068 had not been H1961 my help, H5833
My soul H5315 would soon H4592 have dwelt H7931 in the abode of silence. H1745

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:12 - When they were only a few H4962 men H4962 in number, H4557
Very few, H4592 and strangers H1481 in it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:8 - Let his days H3117 be few; H4592
Let another H312 take H3947 his office. H6486

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:87

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:87 - They almost H4592 destroyed H3615 me [fn]on earth, H776
But as for me, I did not forsake H5800 Your precepts. H6490

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:14 - “I was almost H4592 in utter H3605 ruin H7451
In the midst H8432 of the assembly H6951 and congregation.” H5712

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:10 - “A little H4592 sleep, H8142 a little H4592 slumber, H8572
A little H4592 folding H2264 of the hands H3027 to [fn]rest” H7901—

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:20 - The tongue H3956 of the righteous H6662 is as choice H977 silver, H3701
The heart H3820 of the wicked H7563 is worth little. H4592

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:16 - Better H2896 is a little H4592 with the [fn]fear H3374 of the LORD H3068
Than H4480 great H7227 treasure H214 and turmoil H4103 with it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:8 - Better H2896 is a little H4592 with righteousness H6666
Than H4480 great H7230 income H8393 with injustice. H3808 H4941

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:33

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:33 - “A little H4592 sleep, H8142 a little H4592 slumber, H8572
A little H4592 folding H2264 of the hands H3027 to rest,” H7901

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:2 - [fn]Do not be hasty H4116 [fn]in word H6310 or [fn]impulsive H4116 in thought H3820 to bring H3318 up a matter H1697 in the presence H6440 of God. H430 For God H430 is in heaven H8064 and you are on the earth; H776 therefore H5921 H3651 let your words H1697 be few. H4592

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:12 - The sleep H8142 of the working H5647 man is pleasant, H4966 whether H518 he eats H398 little H4592 or much; H7235 but the [fn]full H7647 stomach H7647 of the rich H6223 man H6223 does not allow H5117 him to sleep. H3462

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:14 - There was a small H6996 city H5892 with few H4592 men H376 in it and a great H1419 king H4428 came H935 to it, surrounded H5437 it and constructed H1129 large H1419 siegeworks H4685 against H5921 it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:1 - Dead H4194 flies H2070 make a perfumer’s H7543 oil H8081 stink, H887 so a little H4592 foolishness H5531 is weightier H3368 than H4480 wisdom H2451 and honor. H3519

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:4 - “Scarcely H4592 had I [fn]left H5674 them
When H5704 H7945 I found H4672 him whom H7945 my soul H5315 loves; H157
I held H270 on to him and would not let H7503 him go H7503
Until H5704 I had brought H935 him to my mother’s H517 house, H1004
And into the room H2315 of her who conceived H2029 me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:9 - Unless H3884 the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635
Had left H3498 us a few H4592 survivors, H8300
We would be like Sodom, H5467
We would be like H1819 Gomorrah. H6017

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:13 - Then he said, H559 “Listen H8085 now, H4994 O house H1004 of David! H1732 Is it too H4480 slight H4592 a thing H4592 for you to try H3811 the patience H3811 of men, H376 that you will try H3811 the patience H3811 of my God H430 as well? H1571

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:7 - Yet it does not so H3651 intend, H1819
Nor H3808 does [fn]it plan H2803 so H3651 in its heart, H3824
But rather H3588 it is [fn]its purpose H3824 to destroy H8045
And to cut H3772 off H3772 [fn]many H3808 H4592 nations. H1471

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:25 - “For in a very H4213 little H4592 while H5750 My indignation H2195 against you will be spent H3615 and My anger H639 will be directed to their destruction.” H8399

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:14 - But now H6258 the LORD H3068 speaks, H1696 saying, H559 “Within three H7969 years, H8141 as [fn]a hired H7916 man H7916 would count H8141 them, the glory H3519 of Moab H4124 will be degraded H7034 along with all H3605 his great H7227 population, H1995 and his remnant H7605 will be very H4213 small H4592 and [fn]impotent.” H3808 H3524

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:20 - Come, H1980 my people, H5971 enter H935 into your rooms H2315
And close H5462 your doors H1817 behind H1157 you;
Hide H2247 for a little H4592 [fn]while H7281
Until H5704 indignation H2195 [fn]runs H5674 its course. H5674

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:17 - Is it not yet H5750 just a little H4592 while H4592
[fn]Before Lebanon H3844 will be turned H7725 into a fertile H3759 field, H3759
And the fertile H3759 field H3759 will be considered H2803 as a forest? H3293

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:2 - and said H559 to Jeremiah H3414 the prophet, H5030 “Please H4994 let our petition H8467 [fn]come H5307 before H6440 you, and pray H6419 for us to the LORD H3068 your God, H430 that is for all H3605 this H2088 remnant; H7611 because H3588 we are left H7604 but a few H4592 out of many, H7235 as your own eyes H5869 now see H7200 us,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:33 - For thus H3541 says H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts, H6635 the God H430 of Israel: H3478
“The daughter H1323 of Babylon H894 is like a threshing H1637 floor H1637
At the time H6256 [fn]it is stamped H1869 firm; H1869
Yet H5750 in a little H4592 while H4592 the time H6256 of harvest H7105 will come H935 for her.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:3 - “Take H3947 also a few H4592 in number H4557 from [fn]them and bind H6696 them in the edges H3671 of your robes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:16 - “Therefore H3651 say, H559 ‘Thus H3541 says H559 the Lord H136 GOD, H3068 “Though H3588 I had removed H7368 them far H7368 away among the nations H1471 and though H3588 I had scattered H6327 them among the countries, H776 yet I was a sanctuary H4720 for them a little H4592 while H4592 in the countries H776 where H834 H8033 they had gone.”’ H935

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:20 - “Moreover, you took H3947 your sons H1121 and daughters H1323 whom H834 you had borne H3205 to Me and sacrificed H2076 them to [fn]idols to be devoured. H398 Were your harlotries H8457 so H4592 small H4592 a matter?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:47 - “Yet you have not merely walked H1980 in their ways H1870 or done H6213 according to their abominations; H8441 but, as if that were too H6985 little, H4592 you acted H7843 more H4480 corruptly H7843 in all H3605 your conduct H1870 than H4480 they.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:18 - ‘Is it too H4480 slight H4592 a thing H4592 for you that you should feed H7462 in the good H2896 pasture, H4829 that you must tread H7429 down H7429 with your feet H7272 the rest H3499 of your pastures? H4829 Or that you should drink H8354 of the clear H4950 waters, H4325 that you must [fn]foul H7511 the rest H3498 with your feet? H7272

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:23 - “After H4480 an alliance H2266 is made H2266 with him he will practice H6213 deception, H4820 and he will go H5927 up and gain H6105 power H6105 with a small H4592 force of people. H1471

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:34 - “Now when they fall H3782 they will be granted H5826 a little H4592 help, H5828 and many H7227 will join H3867 with them in hypocrisy. H2519

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:4 - And the LORD H3068 said H559 to him, “Name H7121 H8034 him Jezreel; H3157 for yet H5750 a little H4592 while, H4592 and I will [fn]punish H6485 the house H1004 of Jehu H3058 for the bloodshed H1818 of Jezreel, H3157 and I will put H7673 an end H7673 to the kingdom H4468 of the house H1004 of Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:10 - Even H1571 though H3588 they hire H8566 allies among the nations, H1471
Now H6258 I will gather H6908 them up;
And they will begin H2490 to [fn]diminish H4592
Because H4480 of the burden H4853 of the king H4428 of princes. H8269

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Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:6 - “You have sown H2232 much, H7235 but [fn]harvest H935 little; H4592 you eat, H398 but there is not enough to be satisfied; H7654 you drink, H8354 but there is [fn]not enough to become H7937 drunk; H7937 you put H3847 on clothing, H3847 but no H369 one H369 is warm H2552 enough; and he who earns, H7936 earns H7936 wages H7939 to put into a purse H6872 with holes.” H5344

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Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:9 - “You look H6437 for much, H7235 but behold, H2009 it comes to little; H4592 when you bring H935 it home, H1004 I blow H5301 it away. Why?” H3282 H4100 declares H5002 the LORD H3068 of hosts, H6635 “Because H3282 of My house H1004 which H834 lies desolate, H2720 while each H376 of you runs H7323 to his own house. H1004

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Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:6 - “For thus H3541 says H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts, H6635 ‘Once H259 more H5750 [fn]in a little H4592 while, H4592 I am going to shake H7493 the heavens H8064 and the earth, H776 the sea H3220 also and the dry H2724 land. H2724

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:15 - “But I am very H1419 H7110 angry H7107 with the nations H1471 who are at ease; H7600 for while I was only a little H4592 angry, H7107 they [fn]furthered H5826 the disaster.” H7451

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