מִזְעָר
mizʻâr · miz-awr'
fewness; by implication, as superl. diminutiveness
Lexicon
Derivation: from the same as H2191 (זְעֵיר)xlit zeʻêyr corrected to zᵉʻêyr;
fewness; by implication, as superl. diminutiveness
- fewness
- by implication, as superl. diminutiveness
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: few, [idiom] very.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to cut, to sustain › to see and know › the head, the highest
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to cut, to sustain that works to see and know of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מִזְעָר above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
4 occurrences · 4 OT · 0 NT · 4 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- for yet a very1 · 25%
- small1 · 25%
- and few1 · 25%
- is it not yet a very1 · 25%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.