Strong’s H4213 · Hebrew

מִזְעָר
mizʻâr
miz-awr'

Definition

fewness; by implication, as superl. diminutiveness

Etymology

from the same as H2191 (זְעֵיר)xlit zeʻêyr corrected to zᵉʻêyr;

Where the KJV renders it

  • few
  • 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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