ma`at <04591>
jem ma`at
| Pronunciation | : | maw-at' |
| Origin | : | a primitive root |
| Reference | : | TWOT - 1228 |
| PrtSpch | : | v (verb) |
| In Hebrew | : | jyemt 3, jemy 3, wjemy 2, jyemmhw 2, jyemy 2, wjemyw 1, hjyemhw 1, jyemmh 1, ynjemt 1, wjyemt 1, wjemt 1, jem 1, yjyemt 1, Mytjemhw 1 |
| In NET | : | dwindle away 3, fewer 2, less 2, give a smaller 2, small 1, diminish 1, decreased in number 1, decrease in number 1, regard as inconsequential 1, gathered 1, reduce to nothing 1, left 1, some less 1, gathered little 1, make small 1 |
| In AV | : | diminish 5, few 4, less 4, little 3, fewness 1, least 1, minished 1, decrease 1, nothing 1, few in number 1 |
| Count | : | 22 |
| Definition | : |
1) to be or become small, be few, be diminished
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to diminish
1a2) to be too small
1b) (Piel) to become few
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to make small, make few, diminish
1c2) to give less
a primitive root; properly, to pare off, i.e. lessen; intransitively, to be (or causatively, to make) small or few (or figuratively, ineffective): KJV -- suffer to decrease, diminish, (be, X borrow a, give, make) few (in number, -ness), gather least (little), be (seem) little, (X give the) less, be minished, bring to nothing. |
| Related Greek | : | oligov <3641>; elattonew <1641>; oligov <3641>; elattow <1642>; elasswn <1640>; ekleipw <1587>; mikrov <3398> |
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