Zeer זְעֵיר

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Zeer
זְעֵיר
Transliterationzeer
Strong's numberH2191
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechmasculine noun
Glosslittle
Occurrences5 in 3 verses
Most frequent inIsaiah (2)

Zeer (Hebrew זְעֵיר, Strong's H2191) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “little”. It occurs 5 times in 3 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

1) a little
1a) of quantity
1b) of time
Aramaic equivalent: ze.er (זְעֵיר "little" H2192)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVlittle (5)
BSBlittle (4), little longer (1)

Verses

Every verse with Zeer, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Job

Isaiah

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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