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Strong's Number H4591

מָעַט

ma`at · maw-at'

Transliteration:

ma`at{maw-at'}

Word Origin:

a primitive root

TWOT:

1228

Part of Speech:

verb

Strong's Definition:

properly, to pare off, i.e. lessen; intransitively, to be (or causatively, to make) small or few (or figuratively, ineffective)

Usage in the KJV:

diminish 2, few 4, less 4, little 3, fewness 1, least 1, minished 1, decrease 1, nothing 1, few in number 1

Total: 22
Occurs 22 times in the Hebrew text.

Definition:

to be or become small, be few, be diminished
1. (Qal)
  1. to diminish
  2. to be too small
2. (Piel) to become few
3. (Hiphil)
  1. to make small, make few, diminish
  2. to give less