H4591 ma`at

Meaning and word study

Transliteration

maw-at'

Definition

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

KJV phrases tagged with this entry

to the fewness (2), thou shalt diminish (2), shall be diminished (2), too little (1), some less (1), and he that gathered little (1), shall not give less (1), and make you few in number (1), he that gathered least (1), thou shalt give the less (1), ye shall give the less (1), ye shall give few (1), borrow not a few (1), seem little (1), to decrease (1), and suffereth (1)

These counts show English words or phrases whose source tags include this entry. They are not necessarily literal translations of this word.

Source: Strong's Hebrew Bible Dictionary, CrossWire distribution. License: Public domain. KJV word-tag alignment supplied by the CrossWire KJV module.