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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”
“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/Sp3ms
In his days Hiel the Bethelite built Jericho. He laid its foundation with the loss of Abiram his firstborn, and set up its gates with the loss of his youngest son Segub, according to Yahweh’s word, which he spoke by Joshua the son of Nun.
1 Samuel 9:21 · HTd/Aafsa
Saul answered, “Am I not a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? And my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? Why then do you speak to me like this?”
Genesis 19:31 · HTd/Aafsa
The firstborn said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is not a man on the earth to come in to us in the way of all the earth.
Genesis 19:34 · HTd/Aafsa
It came to pass on the next day, that the firstborn said to the younger, “Behold, I lay last night with my father. Let’s make him drink wine again tonight. You go in, and lie with him, that we may preserve our father’s family line.”
Genesis 19:35 · HTd/Aafsa
They made their father drink wine that night also. The younger went and lay with him. He didn’t know when she lay down, nor when she got up.
Genesis 19:38 · HC/Td/Aafsa
The younger also bore a son, and called his name Ben Ammi. He is the father of the children of Ammon to this day.
Genesis 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.