Mitsar מִצְעָר
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| מִצְעָר | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | mitsar |
| Strong's number | H4705 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | little |
| Occurrences | 5 in 4 verses |
| Most frequent in | Genesis (1) |
Mitsar (Hebrew מִצְעָר, Strong's H4705) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “little”. It occurs 5 times in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) a small thing
1a) small thing
1b) little while (of time)
1a) small thing
1b) little while (of time)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | one (2), small (2), while (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | is a small place (1), small place (1), only a few (1), modest (1), short while (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Mitsar, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Genesis
- Genesis 19:20Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.Look, there is a town nearby where I can flee, and it is a small place. Please let me flee there—is it not a small place? Then my life will be saved.”
2 Chronicles
- 2 Chronicles 24:24For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men, and the Lord delivered a very great host into their hand, because they had forsaken the Lord God of their fathers. So they executed judgment against Joash.Although the Aramean army had come with only a few men, the LORD delivered into their hand a very great army. Because Judah had forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers, judgment was executed on Joash.
Job
- Job 8:7Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.Though your beginnings were modest, your latter days will flourish.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 63:18The people of thy holiness have possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.For a short while Your people possessed Your holy place, but our enemies have trampled Your sanctuary.
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).