Strong’s H4705 · Hebrew

מִצְעָר
mitsʻâr
mits-awr'

Definition

petty (in size or number); adverbially, a short (time)

Etymology

from H6819 (צָעַר);

Where the KJV renders it

  • little one (while)
  • small

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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