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מְעַט H4592

mᵉʻaṭ — almost (some, very) few(-er, -est), lightly, little (while), (very) small (matter, thing), some, soon, [idiom] very.. Appears in 92 verses. Full definition →
Psalms 8:5 For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. Psalms 37:10 For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be : yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be . Psalms 37:16 A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked. Psalms 73:2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped. Psalms 81:14 I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries. Psalms 94:17 Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence. Psalms 105:12 When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it. Psalms 109:8 Let his days be few; and let another take his office. Psalms 119:87 They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not thy precepts. Proverbs 5:14 I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly. Proverbs 6:10 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: Proverbs 10:20 The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth. Proverbs 15:16 Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith. Proverbs 16:8 Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right. Proverbs 24:33 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: Ecclesiastes 5:2 Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few. Ecclesiastes 5:12 The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep. Ecclesiastes 9:14 There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it: Ecclesiastes 10:1 Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour. Song of Solomon 3:4 It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother' s house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me. Isaiah 1:9 Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah. Isaiah 7:13 And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also? Isaiah 10:7 Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few. Isaiah 10:25 For yet a very little while, and the indignation shall cease, and mine anger in their destruction. Isaiah 16:14 But now the LORD hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned, with all that great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and feeble.

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