מְעַט meat

Hebrew word for “little” · Strong’s H4592 · used 101 times in 92 verses

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Meaning

1) littleness, few, a little, fewness;

How it is translated

Glosses given for meat in context, with how often each is used:

• little 50
• few 19
• like a little 17
• fewness 5
• ¿ too little 3
• ¿ little 2
• ¿ small 1
• ¿ few 1
• ¿ is it too small 1
• ¿ is it small 1
• like a few 1

Where it is used

Also in 16 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

1 Samuel 14 (3), Genesis 24 (2), Genesis 30 (2), Genesis 43 (2), Numbers 16 (2), Numbers 26 (2), Deuteronomy 7 (2), Deuteronomy 28 (2), 1 Kings 17 (2), Psalms 37 (2)

Forms

• מעט 60
• כמעט 18
• המעט 11
• ומעט 3
• למעט 3
• ולמעט 2
• במעט 2
• מעטים 2

Words used with it

Words that share verses with meat more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• רַב rav “many” 12
• רָבָה ravah “to multiply” 9
• נָא na “please” 9
• נוּ nu “us” 7
• מָה mah “what?” 8
• אַיִן ayin “nothing” 8
• מַת mat “man” 4
• עוֹד od “still” 7
• גּוֹי goy “nation” 7
• מִזְעָר mizar “little” 3
• דְּבַשׁ devash “honey” 4
• כָּלָה kalah “to end” 5

Key verses

The verses using meat that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 43:11 — And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a…
• Genesis 47:9 — And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been,…
• 1 Samuel 14:6 — And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that the LORD will work…
• Ezra 9:8 — And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God…
• Psalms 2:12 — Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
• Isaiah 1:9 — Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.
• Isaiah 7:13 — And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also?
• Isaiah 26:20 — Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.
• Jeremiah 42:2 — And said unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we beseech thee, our supplication be accepted before thee, and pray for us unto the LORD thy God, even for all this…
• Hosea 1:4 — And the LORD said unto him, Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and will cause to…
• Haggai 1:6 — Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and…
• Zechariah 1:15 — And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.