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μικρός
mikrós · Greek · Strong's G3398 · 30 occurrences
The KJV renders 8 different Hebrew and Greek words as “little”
What it means
small (in size, quantity, number or (figuratively) dignity)
apparently a primary word;
How the KJV renders it
least, less, little, small
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“little”
“least”
also renders eláchistos (G1646), tsâʻîyr (H6810)
“less”
also renders hḗtton (G2276), elássōn (G1640)
Answers that weigh this word
- Will there be a literal thousand-year reign (the millennium)?
- Is purgatory taught in scripture?
- Are the Apocrypha (Deuterocanonical) books inspired scripture?
- Will everyone ultimately be saved?
- What happens to a person immediately after death?
- What is the second death in Revelation?
Where it appears
30 occurrences in the Greek text.
1 Corinthians 5:6 · A-NSF
Your boasting is not good. Don’t you know that a little yeast leavens the whole lump?
2 Corinthians 11:1 · A-ASN
I wish that you would bear with me in a little foolishness, but indeed you do bear with me.
2 Corinthians 11:16 · A-ASN
I say again, let no one think me foolish. But if so, yet receive me as foolish, that I also may boast a little.
Acts 8:10 · A-GSM
to whom they all listened, from the least to the greatest, saying, “This man is that great power of God.”
Acts 26:22 · A-DSM
Having therefore obtained the help that is from God, I stand to this day testifying both to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said would happen,
Galatians 5:9 · A-NSF
A little yeast grows through the whole lump.
Hebrews 8:11 A-GSMJames 3:5 A-NSNLuke 7:28 A-NSM-CLuke 9:48 A-NSM-CLuke 12:32 A-NSNLuke 17:2 A-GPMLuke 19:3 A-NSMMatthew 10:42 A-GPMMatthew 11:11 A-NSM-CMatthew 13:32 A-NSN-CMatthew 18:6 A-GPMMatthew 18:10 A-GPNMatthew 18:14 A-GPNMatthew 26:39 A-ASMMark 4:31 A-NSN-CMark 9:42 A-GPMMark 14:35 A-ASNMark 15:40 A-GSMRevelation 3:8 A-ASFRevelation 11:18 A-DPMRevelation 13:16 A-APMRevelation 19:5 A-NPMRevelation 19:18 A-GPMRevelation 20:12 A-APM
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Greek text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.