צָעִיר

tsâʻîyr · Hebrew · Strong's H6810 · 22 occurrences

The KJV renders 8 different Hebrew and Greek words as “little”

What it means

little; (in number) few; (in age) young, (in value) ignoble

or צָעוֹר; from H6819 (צָעַר);

How the KJV renders it

least, little, small, est

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”

also renders olígos (G3641), tynchánō (G5177), mikrós (G3398), paidíon (G3813), zᵉʻêyr (H2191), zᵉʻêyr (H2192), mᵉʻaṭ (H4592)

“small”

also renders olígos (G3641), mikrós (G3398), daq (H1851), mitsʻâr (H4705), qâtsêr (H7116)

“est”

also renders mᵉʻaṭ (H4592), ʻelyôwn (H5945), tachtîy (H8482)

“least”

also renders eláchistos (G1646), mikrós (G3398)

Where it appears

22 occurrences in the Hebrew text.

1 Kings 16:34 HAamsc/Sp3ms1 Samuel 9:21 HTd/AafsaGenesis 19:31 HTd/AafsaGenesis 19:34 HTd/AafsaGenesis 19:35 HTd/AafsaGenesis 19:38 HC/Td/AafsaGenesis 25:23 HAamsaGenesis 29:26 HTd/AafsaGenesis 43:33 HC/Td/AamsaGenesis 48:14 HTd/AamsaIsaiah 60:22 HC/Td/AamsaJudges 6:15 HTd/AamsaJeremiah 14:3 HAampc/Sp3mpJeremiah 48:4 HAampc/Sp3fsJeremiah 49:20 HAampcJeremiah 50:45 HAampcJob 30:1 HAampaJob 32:6 HAamsaJoshua 6:26 HC/R/Aamsc/Sp3msMicah 5:2 HAamsaPsalm 68:27 HAamsaPsalm 119:141 HAamsa

Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew 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.