Strongs Number: H4591
| Hebrew Word: | מָעַט |
| Transliteration: | mâʻaṭ |
| Phonetic: | maw-at' |
| Part of Speech: | Verb |
| Strongs Definition: | properly to pare {off} that {is} lessen; intransitively to be (or causatively to make) small or few (or figuratively ineffective) |
| BDB Definition: |
1. to be or become small, be few, be diminished a. (Qal) 1. to diminish 2. to be too small b. (Piel) to become few c. (Hiphil) 1. to make small, make few, diminish 2. to give less |
| Origin: | A primitive root |
| Bible Usage: | suffer to {decrease} {diminish} ({be} X-(idiom) borrow {a} {give} make) few (in {number} {-ness}) gather least ({little}) be (seem) {little} (X give the) {less} be {minished} bring to nothing. |