מָעַט

Strong’s Definition

properly, to pare off, i.e. lessen; intransitively, to be (or causatively, to make) small or few (or figuratively, ineffective)

Etymology & Derivation

a primitive root;

KJV Usage

suffer to decrease, diminish, (be, [idiom] borrow a, give, make) few (in number, -ness), gather least (little), be (seem) little, ([idiom] give the) less, be minished, bring to nothing.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.to be or become small, be few, be diminished
• 2.(qal)
• 3.(piel) to become few
• 4.(hiphil)

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: mâʻaṭ; Pronunciation: maw-at'