Mizar מִזְעָר
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| מִזְעָר | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | mizar |
| Strong's number | H4213 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | little |
| Occurrences | 4 in 4 verses |
Mizar (Hebrew מִזְעָר, Strong's H4213) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “little”. It occurs 4 times in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) a little, a trifle, a few
1a) a trifle, a little (of time)
1b) a remnant, a very few (of number)
1a) a trifle, a little (of time)
1b) a remnant, a very few (of number)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | very (2), small (1), few (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | time (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Mizar, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Isaiah
- Isaiah 10:25For yet a very little while, and the indignation shall cease, and mine anger in their destruction.For in just a little while My fury against you will subside, and My anger will turn to their destruction.”
- Isaiah 16:14But now the Lord hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned, with all that great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and feeble.And now the LORD says, “In three years, as a hired worker counts the years, Moab’s splendor will become an object of contempt, with all her many people. And those who are left will be few and feeble.”
- Isaiah 24:6Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.Therefore a curse has consumed the earth, and its inhabitants must bear the guilt; the earth’s dwellers have been burned, and only a few survive.
- Isaiah 29:17Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest?In a very short time, will not Lebanon become an orchard, and the orchard seem like a forest?
Notes
- 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.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).