Know the Word.

Hebrew word

mâʻaṭ

maw-at'

מָעַט

What it means

properly, to pare off, i.e. lessen

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 translates it

  • few4
  • little3
  • less3
  • diminish2
  • diminished2
  • fewness1
  • number1
  • least1

Every place it appears 19

Leviticus25:1626:22
2 Kings4:3
Nehemiah9:32
Proverbs13:11
Ecclesiastes12:3
Isaiah21:17
Jeremiah30:19
Ezekiel29:15