מְעַט

me.at

Hebrew H4592 Noun, masculine 101 occurrences in 92 verses
מְעַט little

1. littleness, few, a little, fewness

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

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

Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)

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Concordance 92 verses

  1. Genesis 18:4 מְעַט־

    Let a little water be brought, that you may wash your feet and rest yourselves under the tree.

  2. Genesis 24:17 מְעַט־

    So the servant ran to meet her and said, “Please let me have a little water from your jar.”

  3. Genesis 24:43 מְעַט־

    Here 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,’

  4. Genesis 26:10 כִּ֠מְעַט

    “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.”

  5. Genesis 30:15 הַמְעַט֙

    But 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.”

  6. Genesis 30:30 מְעַט֩

    Indeed, 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?”

  7. Genesis 43:2 מְעַט־

    So 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.”

  8. Genesis 43:11 מְעַ֤טוּמְעַ֣ט

    Then 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.

  9. Genesis 44:25 מְעַט־

    Then our father said, ‘Go back and buy us some food.’

  10. Genesis 47:9 מְעַ֣ט

    “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.”

  11. Exodus 17:4 מְעַ֖ט

    Then Moses cried out to the LORD, “What should I do with these people? A little more and they will stone me!”

  12. Exodus 23:30 מְעַ֥טמְעַ֛ט

    Little by little I will drive them out ahead of you, until you become fruitful and possess the land.

  13. Leviticus 25:52 מְעַ֞ט

    If only a few years remain until the Year of Jubilee, he is to calculate and pay his redemption according to his remaining years.

  14. Numbers 13:18 הַמְעַ֥ט

    See what the land is like and whether its people are strong or weak, few or many.

  15. Numbers 16:9 הַמְעַ֣ט

    Is 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?

  16. Numbers 16:13 הַמְעַ֗ט

    Is 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?

  17. Numbers 26:54 וְלַמְעַ֕ט

    Increase 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.

  18. Numbers 26:56 לִמְעָֽט׃ס

    Each inheritance is to be divided by lot among the larger and smaller tribes.”

  19. Numbers 33:54 וְלַמְעַט֙

    And 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.

  20. Numbers 35:8 הַמְעַ֖ט

    The 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.”

  21. Deuteronomy 7:7 הַמְעַ֖ט

    The 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.

  22. Deuteronomy 7:22 מְעַ֣טמְעָ֑ט

    The 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.

  23. Deuteronomy 26:5 מְעָ֑ט

    and 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.

  24. Deuteronomy 28:38 וּמְעַ֣ט

    You will sow much seed in the field but harvest little, because the locusts will consume it.

  25. Deuteronomy 28:62 מְעָ֔ט

    You 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.

  26. Joshua 7:3 מְעַ֖ט

    On 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.”

  27. Joshua 22:17 הַמְעַט־

    Was 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.

  28. Judges 4:19 מְעַט־

    Sisera 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.

  29. Ruth 2:7 מְעָֽט׃

    She 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.”

  30. 1 Samuel 14:6 בִמְעָֽט׃

    Jonathan 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.”

  31. 1 Samuel 14:29 מְעַ֖ט

    “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.

  32. 1 Samuel 14:43 מְעַ֥ט

    “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?”

  33. 1 Samuel 17:28 מְעַ֨ט

    Now 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!”

  34. 2 Samuel 12:8 מְעָ֔ט

    I 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.

  35. 2 Samuel 16:1 מְעַט֙

    When 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.

  36. 2 Samuel 19:36 כִּמְעַ֞ט

    Your servant could go with the king only a short distance past the Jordan; why should the king repay me with such a reward?

  37. 1 Kings 17:10 מְעַט־

    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.”

  38. 1 Kings 17:12 וּמְעַט־

    But 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.”

  39. 2 Kings 10:18 מְעָ֑ט

    Then Jehu brought all the people together and said, “Ahab served Baal a little, but Jehu will serve him a lot.

  40. 1 Chronicles 16:19 כִּמְעַ֖ט

    When they were few in number, few indeed, and strangers in the land,

  41. 2 Chronicles 12:7 כִּמְעַט֙

    When 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.

  42. 2 Chronicles 29:34 לִמְעָ֔ט

    However, 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 been consecrated. For the Levites had been more diligent in consecrating themselves than the priests had been.

  43. Ezra 9:8 כִּמְעַט־מְעַ֖ט

    But 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.

  44. Nehemiah 2:12 מְעַט֮

    I 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.

  45. Nehemiah 7:4 מְעַ֖ט

    Now the city was large and spacious, but there were few people in it, and the houses had not yet been rebuilt.

  46. Job 10:20 מְעַ֣טמְּעָֽט׃

    Are my days not few? Withdraw from me, that I may have a little comfort,

  47. Job 15:11 הַמְעַ֣ט

    Are the consolations of God not enough for you, even words spoken gently to you?

  48. Job 24:24 מְּעַ֨ט׀

    They 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.

  49. Job 32:22 כִּ֝מְעַ֗ט

    For I do not know how to flatter, or my Maker would remove me in an instant.

  50. Psalms 2:12 כִּמְעַ֣ט

    Kiss 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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