Hebrew - English Dictionary
H4591 - Decrease
| Strong's No.: | H4591 |
| Hebrew: | מָעַט |
| Transliteration: | mâʻaṭ |
| Phonetic: | maw-at' |
| Word 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. |
| 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) |
| Brown Driver Biggs 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 |
| Bible References:
Decrease |
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| Translation Occurrences: |
decrease ( 1 )
diminish ( 2 )
diminished ( 3 )
few ( 3 )
fewness ( 1 )
least ( 1 )
less ( 4 )
little ( 3 )
minished ( 1 )
nothing ( 1 )
number ( 1 )
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Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.