Strong's H4591 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: מָעַט (mâʻaṭ)

Pronunciation: maw-at'

Morphology: v

Derivation: a primitive root

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

KJV Renderings: 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

Senses

1. to be or become small, be few, be diminished
   1. (Qal)
      1. to diminish
      2. to be too small
   2. (Piel) to become few
   3. (Hiphil)
      1. to make small, make few, diminish
      2. to give less

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