meh-at'
or miat {meh-awt'}; from 4591; a little or few (often
adverbial or compar.):--almost (some, very) few(-er, -est),
lightly, little (while), (very) small (matter, thing), some,
soon, X very.
see Hebrew for [04591]
Let a little [04592] water [04325], I pray you [04994], be fetched [03947], and wash [07364] your feet [07272], and rest yourselves [08172] under the tree [06086]:
And the servant [05650] ran [07323] to meet her [07125], and said [0559], Let me, I pray thee, drink [01572] a little [04592] water [04325] of thy pitcher [03537].
Behold, I stand [05324] by the well [05869] of water [04325]; and it shall come to pass, that when the virgin [05959] cometh forth [03318] to draw [07579] water, and I say [0559] to her, Give me [08248], I pray thee, a little [04592] water [04325] of thy pitcher [03537] to drink [08248];
And Abimelech [040] said [0559], What is this thou hast done [06213] unto us? one [0259] of the people [05971] might lightly [04592] have lien [07901] with thy wife [0802], and thou shouldest have brought [0935] guiltiness [0817] upon us.
And she said [0559] unto her, Is it a small matter [04592] that thou hast taken [03947] my husband [0376]? and wouldest thou take away [03947] my son's [01121] mandrakes [01736] also? And Rachel [07354] said [0559], Therefore he shall lie [07901] with thee to night [03915] for [08478] thy son's [01121] mandrakes [01736].
For it was little [04592] which thou hadst before I [06440] came, and it is now increased [06555] unto a multitude [07230]; and the Lord [03068] hath blessed [01288] thee since my coming [07272]: and now when [04970] shall I provide [06213] for mine own house [01004] also?increased: Heb. broken forthsince…: Heb. at my foot
And it came to pass, when they had eaten up [0398] [03615] the corn [07668] which they had brought out [0935] of Egypt [04714], their father [01] said [0559] unto them, Go again [07725], buy [07666] us a little [04592] food [0400].
And their father [01] Israel [03478] said [0559] unto them, If it must be so now [0645], do [06213] this; take [03947] of the best fruits [02173] in the land [0776] in your vessels [03627], and carry down [03381] the man [0376] a present [04503], a little [04592] balm [06875], and a little [04592] honey [01706], spices [05219], and myrrh [03910], nuts [0992], and almonds [08247]:
And our father [01] said [0559], Go again [07725], and buy [07666] us a little [04592] food [0400].
And Jacob [03290] said [0559] unto Pharaoh [06547], The days [03117] of the years [08141] of my pilgrimage [04033] are an hundred [03967] and thirty [07970] years [08141]: few [04592] and evil [07451] have the days [03117] of the years [08141] of my life [02416] been, and have not attained [05381] unto the days [03117] of the years [08141] of the life [02416] of my fathers [01] in the days [03117] of their pilgrimage [04033].
And Moses [04872] cried [06817] unto the Lord [03068], saying [0559], What shall I do [06213] unto this people [05971]? they be almost [04592] ready to stone [05619] me.
By little [04592] and little [04592] I will drive them out [01644] from before [06440] thee, until thou be increased [06509], and inherit [05157] the land [0776].
And if there remain [07604] but few [04592] years [08141] unto the year [08141] of jubile [03104], then he shall count [02803] with him, and according [06310] unto his years [08141] shall he give him again [07725] the price of his redemption [01353].
And see [07200] the land [0776], what it is; and the people [05971] that dwelleth [03427] therein, whether they be strong [02389] or weak [07504], few [04592] or many [07227];
Seemeth it but a small thing [04592] unto you, that the God [0430] of Israel [03478] hath separated [0914] you from the congregation [05712] of Israel [03478], to bring you near [07126] to himself to do [05647] the service [05656] of the tabernacle [04908] of the Lord [03068], and to stand [05975] before [06440] the congregation [05712] to minister [08334] unto them?
Is it a small thing [04592] that [03588] thou hast brought us up [05927] out of a land [0776] that floweth [02100] with milk [02461] and honey [01706], to kill [04191] us in the wilderness [04057], except thou make [08323] thyself altogether [08323] a prince [08323] over us?
To many [07227] thou shalt give the more [07235] inheritance [05159], and to few [04592] thou shalt give the less [04591] inheritance [05159]: to every one [0376] shall his inheritance [05159] be given [05414] according [06310] to those that were numbered [06485] of him.give the more…: Heb. multiply his inheritancegive the less…: Heb. diminish his inheritance
According [06310] to the lot [01486] shall the possession [05159] thereof be divided [02505] between many [07227] and few [04592].
And ye shall divide [05157] the land [0776] by lot [01486] for an inheritance [05157] among your families [04940]: and to the more [07227] ye shall give the more [07235] inheritance [05159], and to the fewer [04592] ye shall give the less [04591] inheritance [05159]: every man's inheritance shall be in the place where his lot [01486] falleth [03318]; according to the tribes [04294] of your fathers [01] ye shall inherit [05157].give the more…: Heb. multiply his inheritancegive the less…: Heb. diminish his inheritance
And the cities [05892] which ye shall give [05414] shall be of the possession [0272] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478]: from them that have many [07227] ye shall give many [07235]; but from them that have few [04592] ye shall give few [04591]: every one [0376] shall give [05414] of his cities [05892] unto the Levites [03881] according [06310] to his inheritance [05159] which he inheriteth [05157].he…: Heb. they inherit
The Lord [03068] did not set his love [02836] upon you, nor choose [0977] you, because ye were more [07230] in number than any people [05971]; for ye were the fewest [04592] of all people [05971]:
And the Lord [03068] thy God [0430] will put out [05394] those [0411] nations [01471] before [06440] thee by little [04592] and little [04592]: thou mayest [03201] not consume [03615] them at once [04118], lest the beasts [02416] of the field [07704] increase [07235] upon thee.put…: Heb. pluck off
And thou shalt speak [06030] and say [0559] before [06440] the Lord [03068] thy God [0430], A Syrian [0761] ready to perish [06] was my father [01], and he went down [03381] into Egypt [04714], and sojourned [01481] there with [04962] a few [04592], and became there a nation [01471], great [01419], mighty [06099], and populous [07227]:
Thou shalt carry [03318] much [07227] seed [02233] out [03318] into the field [07704], and shalt gather [0622] but little [04592] in [0622]; for the locust [0697] shall consume [02628] it.
And ye shall be left [07604] few [04592] in number [04962], whereas [0834] ye were as the stars [03556] of heaven [08064] for multitude [07230]; because thou wouldest not obey [08085] the voice [06963] of the Lord [03068] thy God [0430].
And they returned [07725] to Joshua [03091], and said [0559] unto him, Let not all the people [05971] go up [05927]; but let about two or three [07969] thousand [0505] men [0376] go up [05927] and smite [05221] Ai [05857]; and make not all the people [05971] to labour [03021] thither; for they are but few [04592].about…: Heb. about two thousand men, or, about three thousand men
Is the iniquity [05771] of Peor [06465] too little [04592] for us, from which we are not cleansed [02891] until this day [03117], although there was a plague [05063] in the congregation [05712] of the Lord [03068],
And he said [0559] unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a little [04592] water [04325] to drink [08248]; for I am thirsty [06770]. And she opened [06605] a bottle [04997] of milk [02461], and gave him drink [08248], and covered [03680] him.
And she said [0559], I pray you, let me glean [03950] and gather [0622] after [0310] the reapers [07114] among the sheaves [06016]: so she came [0935], and hath continued [05975] even [0227] from the morning [01242] until now, that she tarried [03427] a little [04592] in the house [01004].
And Jonathan [03083] said [0559] to the young man [05288] that bare [05375] his armour [03627], Come [03212], and let us go over [05674] unto the garrison [04673] of these uncircumcised [06189]: it may be that the Lord [03068] will work [06213] for us: for there is no restraint [04622] to the Lord [03068] to save [03467] by many [07227] or by few [04592].
Then said [0559] Jonathan [03129], My father [01] hath troubled [05916] the land [0776]: see [07200], I pray you, how mine eyes [05869] have been enlightened [0215], because I tasted [02938] a little [04592] of this honey [01706].
Then Saul [07586] said [0559] to Jonathan [03129], Tell [05046] me what thou hast done [06213]. And Jonathan [03129] told [05046] him, and said [0559], I did but [02938] taste [02938] a little [04592] honey [01706] with the end [07097] of the rod [04294] that was in mine hand [03027], and, lo [02009], I must die [04191].
And Eliab [0446] his eldest [01419] brother [0251] heard [08085] when he spake [01696] unto the men [0582]; and Eliab's [0446] anger [0639] was kindled [02734] against David [01732], and he said [0559], Why camest thou down [03381] hither? and with whom hast thou left [05203] those [02007] few [04592] sheep [06629] in the wilderness [04057]? I know [03045] thy pride [02087], and the naughtiness [07455] of thine heart [03824]; for thou art come down [03381] that thou mightest see [07200] the battle [04421].
And I gave [05414] thee thy master's [0113] house [01004], and thy master's [0113] wives [0802] into thy bosom [02436], and gave [05414] thee the house [01004] of Israel [03478] and of Judah [03063]; and if that had been too little [04592], I would moreover have given [03254] unto thee such [02007] and such things [02007].
And when David [01732] was a little [04592] past [05674] the top [07218] of the hill, behold, Ziba [06717] the servant [05288] of Mephibosheth [04648] met [07125] him, with a couple [06776] of asses [02543] saddled [02280], and upon them two hundred [03967] loaves of bread [03899], and an hundred [03967] bunches of raisins [06778], and an hundred [03967] of summer fruits [07019], and a bottle [05035] of wine [03196].
Thy servant [05650] will go [05674] a little way [04592] over [05674] Jordan [03383] with the king [04428]: and why should the king [04428] recompense [01580] it me with such a reward [01578]?
So he arose [06965] and went [03212] to Zarephath [06886]. And when he came [0935] to the gate [06607] of the city [05892], behold, the widow [0490] woman [0802] was there gathering [07197] of sticks [06086]: and he called [07121] to her, and said [0559], Fetch [03947] me, I pray thee, a little [04592] water [04325] in a vessel [03627], that I may drink [08354].
And she said [0559], As the Lord [03068] thy God [0430] liveth [02416], I have [03426] not a cake [04580], but an handful [03709] [04393] of meal [07058] in a barrel [03537], and a little [04592] oil [08081] in a cruse [06835]: and, behold, I am gathering [07197] two [08147] sticks [06086], that I may go in [0935] and dress [06213] it for me and my son [01121], that we may eat [0398] it, and die [04191].
And Jehu [03058] gathered [06908] all the people [05971] together [06908], and said [0559] unto them, Ahab [0256] served [05647] Baal [01168] a little [04592]; but Jehu [03058] shall serve [05647] him much [07235].
When ye were but few [04962] [04557], even a few [04592], and strangers [01481] in it.few, even: Heb. men of number, etc
And when the Lord [03068] saw [07200] that they humbled [03665] themselves, the word [01697] of the Lord [03068] came to Shemaiah [08098], saying [0559], They have humbled [03665] themselves; therefore I will not destroy [07843] them, but I will grant [05414] them some [04592] deliverance [06413]; and my wrath [02534] shall not be poured out [05413] upon Jerusalem [03389] by the hand [03027] of Shishak [07895].some: or, a little while
But the priests [03548] were too few [04592], so that they could [03201] not flay [06584] all the burnt offerings [05930]: wherefore their brethren [0251] the Levites [03881] did help [02388] them, till the work [04399] was ended [03615], and until the other priests [03548] had sanctified [06942] themselves: for the Levites [03881] were more upright [03477] in heart [03824] to sanctify [06942] themselves than the priests [03548].did help…: Heb. strengthened them
And now for a little [04592] space [07281] grace [08467] hath been shewed from the Lord [03068] our God [0430], to leave [07604] us a remnant to escape [06413], and to give [05414] us a nail [03489] in his holy [06944] place [04725], that our God [0430] may lighten [0215] our eyes [05869], and give [05414] us a little [04592] reviving [04241] in our bondage [05659].space: Heb. momenta nail: or, a pin: that is, a constant and sure abode
And I arose [06965] in the night [03915], I and some [04592] few [04592] men [0582] with me; neither told [05046] I any man [0120] what my God [0430] had put [05414] in my heart [03820] to do [06213] at Jerusalem [03389]: neither was there any beast [0929] with me, save the beast [0929] that I rode upon [07392].
Now the city [05892] was large [03027] [07342] and great [01419]: but the people [05971] were few [04592] therein [08432], and the houses [01004] were not builded [01129].large: Heb. broad in spaces
Are not my days [03117] few [04592]? cease [02308] [02308] then, and let me alone [07896] [07896], that I may take comfort [01082] a little [04592],
Are the consolations [08575] of God [0410] small [04592] with thee? is there any secret [0328] thing [01697] with thee?
They are exalted [07426] for a little while [04592], but are gone and brought low [04355]; they are taken out [07092] of the way [01870] as all other, and cut off [05243] as the tops [07218] of the ears of corn [07641].are gone: Heb. are nottaken…: Heb. closed up
For I know [03045] not to give flattering titles [03655]; in so doing my maker [06213] would soon [04592] take me away [05375].
Kiss [05401] the Son [01248], lest he be angry [0599], and ye perish [06] from the way [01870], when his wrath [0639] is kindled [01197] but a little [04592]. Blessed [0835] are all they that put their trust [02620] in him.
For thou hast made him a little [04592] lower [02637] than the angels [0430], and hast crowned [05849] him with glory [03519] and honour [01926].
For yet a little while [04592], and the wicked [07563] shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider [0995] his place [04725], and it shall not be.
A little [04592] that a righteous man [06662] hath is better [02896] than the riches [01995] of many [07227] wicked [07563].
But as for me, my feet [07272] were almost [04592] gone [05186] [05186]; my steps [0838] had well nigh [0369] slipped [08210].
I should soon [04592] have subdued [03665] their enemies [0341], and turned [07725] my hand [03027] against their adversaries [06862].
Unless [03884] the Lord [03068] had been my help [05833], my soul [05315] had almost [04592] dwelt [07931] in silence [01745].almost: or, quickly
When they were but a few men [04962] in number [04557]; yea, very few [04592], and strangers [01481] in it.
Let his days [03117] be few [04592]; and let another [0312] take [03947] his office [06486].office: or, charge
They had almost [04592] consumed [03615] me upon earth [0776]; but I forsook [05800] not thy precepts [06490].
I was almost [04592] in all evil [07451] in the midst [08432] of the congregation [06951] and assembly [05712].
Yet a little [04592] sleep [08142], a little [04592] slumber [08572], a little [04592] folding [02264] of the hands [03027] to sleep [07901]:
The tongue [03956] of the just [06662] is as choice [0977] silver [03701]: the heart [03820] of the wicked [07563] is little worth [04592].
Better [02896] is little [04592] with the fear [03374] of the Lord [03068] than great [07227] treasure [0214] and trouble [04103] therewith.
Better [02896] is a little [04592] with righteousness [06666] than great [07230] revenues [08393] without right [04941].
Yet a little [04592] sleep [08142], a little [04592] slumber [08572], a little [04592] folding [02264] of the hands [03027] to sleep [07901]:
Be not rash [0926] with thy mouth [06310], and let not thine heart [03820] be hasty [04116] to utter [03318] any thing [01697] before [06440] God [0430]: for God [0430] is in heaven [08064], and thou upon earth [0776]: therefore let thy words [01697] be few [04592].thing: or, word
The sleep [08142] of a labouring man [05647] is sweet [04966], whether he eat [0398] little [04592] or much [07235]: but the abundance [07647] of the rich [06223] will not suffer [03240] him to sleep [03462].
There was a little [06996] city [05892], and few [04592] men [0582] within it; and there came [0935] a great [01419] king [04428] against it, and besieged [05437] it, and built [01129] great [01419] bulwarks [04685] against it:
Dead [04194] flies [02070] cause the ointment [08081] of the apothecary [07543] to send forth [05042] a stinking savour [0887]: so doth a little [04592] folly [05531] him that is in reputation [03368] for wisdom [02451] and honour [03519].Dead…: Heb. Flies of death
It was but a little [04592] that I passed [05674] from them, but I found [04672] him whom my soul [05315] loveth [0157]: I held [0270] him, and would not let him go [07503], until I had brought [0935] him into my mother's [0517] house [01004], and into the chamber [02315] of her that conceived [02029] me.
Except [03884] the Lord [03068] of hosts [06635] had left [03498] unto us a very small [04592] remnant [08300], we should have been [01961] as Sodom [05467], and we should have been like [01819] unto Gomorrah [06017].
And he said [0559], Hear [08085] ye now, O house [01004] of David [01732]; Is it a small thing [04592] for you to weary [03811] men [0582], but will ye weary [03811] my God [0430] also?
Howbeit he meaneth [01819] not so, neither doth his heart [03824] think [02803] so; but it is in his heart [03824] to destroy [08045] and cut off [03772] nations [01471] not a few [04592].
For yet a very [04213] little while [04592], and the indignation [02195] shall cease [03615], and mine anger [0639] in their destruction [08399].
But now the Lord [03068] hath spoken [01696], saying [0559], Within three [07969] years [08141], as the years [08141] of an hireling [07916], and the glory [03519] of Moab [04124] shall be contemned [07034], with all that great [07227] multitude [01995]; and the remnant [07605] shall be very [04592] small [04213] and feeble [03524] [03808].feeble: or, not many
Come [03212], my people [05971], enter [0935] thou into thy chambers [02315], and shut [05462] thy doors [01817] about thee: hide [02247] thyself as it were for a little [04592] moment [07281], until the indignation [02195] be overpast [05674].
Is it not yet a very [04213] little while [04592], and Lebanon [03844] shall be turned [07725] into a fruitful field [03759], and the fruitful field [03759] shall be esteemed [02803] as a forest [03293]?
And said [0559] unto Jeremiah [03414] the prophet [05030], Let, we beseech thee, our supplication [08467] be accepted [05307] before [06440] thee, and pray [06419] for us unto the Lord [03068] thy God [0430], even for all this remnant [07611]; (for we are left [07604] but a few [04592] of many [07235], as thine eyes [05869] do behold [07200] us:)Let…: or, Let our supplication fall before thee
For thus saith [0559] the Lord [03068] of hosts [06635], the God [0430] of Israel [03478]; The daughter [01323] of Babylon [0894] is like a threshingfloor [01637], it is time [06256] to thresh [01869] her: yet a little while [04592], and the time [06256] of her harvest [07105] shall come [0935].it is…: or, in the time that he thresheth her
Thou shalt also take [03947] thereof a few [04592] in number [04557], and bind [06696] them in thy skirts [03671].skirts: Heb. wings
Therefore say [0559], Thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] God [03069]; Although I have cast them far off [07368] among the heathen [01471], and although I have scattered [06327] them among the countries [0776], yet will I be to them as a little [04592] sanctuary [04720] in the countries [0776] where they shall come [0935].
Moreover thou hast taken [03947] thy sons [01121] and thy daughters [01323], whom thou hast borne [03205] unto me, and these hast thou sacrificed [02076] unto them to be devoured [0398]. Is this of thy whoredoms [08457] a small matter [04592],to be…: Heb. to devour
Yet hast thou not walked [01980] after their ways [01870], nor done [06213] after their abominations [08441]: but, as if that were a very [06985] little [06962] [04592] thing, thou wast corrupted [07843] more than they [02004] in all thy ways [01870].as if…: or, that was lothed as a small thing
Seemeth it a small thing [04592] unto you to have eaten up [07462] the good [02896] pasture [04829], but ye must tread down [07429] with your feet [07272] the residue [03499] of your pastures [04829]? and to have drunk [08354] of the deep [04950] waters [04325], but ye must foul [07515] the residue [03498] with your feet [07272]?
And after the league [02266] made with him he shall work [06213] deceitfully [04820]: for he shall come up [05927], and shall become strong [06105] with a small [04592] people [01471].
Now when they shall fall [03782], they shall be holpen [05826] with a little [04592] help [05828]: but many [07227] shall cleave [03867] to them with flatteries [02519].
And the Lord [03068] said [0559] unto him, Call [07121] his name [08034] Jezreel [03157]; for yet a little [04592] while, and I will avenge [06485] the blood [01818] of Jezreel [03157] upon the house [01004] of Jehu [03058], and will cause to cease [07673] the kingdom [04468] of the house [01004] of Israel [03478].avenge: Heb. visit
Yea, though they have hired [08566] among the nations [01471], now will I gather [06908] them, and they shall sorrow [02490] a little [04592] for the burden [04853] of the king [04428] of princes [08269].sorrow: or, begina…: or, in a little while
Ye have sown [02232] much [07235], and bring [0935] in little [04592]; ye eat [0398], but ye have not enough [07654]; ye drink [08354], but ye are not filled with drink [07937]; ye clothe [03847] you, but there is none warm [02527]; and he that earneth wages [07936] earneth wages [07936] to put it into a bag [06872] with holes [05344].with holes: Heb. pierced through
Ye looked [06437] for much [07235], and, lo, it came to little [04592]; and when ye brought [0935] it home [01004], I did blow [05301] upon it. Why? saith [05002] the Lord [03068] of hosts [06635]. Because [03282] of mine house [01004] that is waste [02720], and ye run [07323] every man [0376] unto his own house [01004].blow…: or, blow it away
For thus saith [0559] the Lord [03068] of hosts [06635]; Yet once [0259], it is a little while [04592], and I will shake [07493] the heavens [08064], and the earth [0776], and the sea [03220], and the dry [02724] land;
And I am very [01419] sore [07110] displeased [07107] with the heathen [01471] that are at ease [07600]: for I was but a little [04592] displeased [07107], and they helped [05826] forward the affliction [07451].