Definition

a little or few (often adverbial or compar.)

Etymology

or מְעָט; from H4591 (מָעַט);

Where the KJV renders it

• almost (some
• very) few(-er
• -est)
• lightly
• little (while)
• (very) small (matter
• thing)
• some
• soon
• very

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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