מִצְעָר
mitsar · small
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H4705 · appears 5 times in the Bible
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mitsar (מִצְעָר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “small”.
A little thing; "a little while".
How to say it
mi·tsar
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Of small size or small number: little or scant.
- A short time, a brief spell.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- small ×3
- few ×1
- little while ×1
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Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Genesis 19:20
Look, this city is near to flee there, and it is small. Please let me escape there (is it not small?) and I will stay alive.”
- 2 Chronicles 24:24
For with a few men the force of Aram came, and YHWH gave into their hand a very great force, because they had abandoned YHWH, Elohim of their fathers. And on Joash they executed judgments.
- Job 8:7
And your beginning will have been small, but your end will grow very great.
- Isaiah 63:18
For a little while your holy people possessed it; our adversaries have trodden down your sanctuary.
And 1 more times.