Tsaar צָעַר

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Tsaar (Hebrew צָעַר, Strong's H6819) is a Hebrew verb meaning “be little”. It occurs 3 times in 3 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

1) to be or grow insignificant, grow small
1a) (Qal) to ge insignificant

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

KJV	low (1), small (1), ones (1)
BSB	if they are brought low (1), be belittled (1), little ones (1)

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

Job 14:21
His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.If his sons receive honor, he does not know it; if they are brought low, he is unaware.

Jeremiah 30:19
And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.Thanksgiving will proceed from them, a sound of celebration. I will multiply them, and they will not be decreased; I will honor them, and they will not be belittled.

Zechariah 13:7
Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the Lord of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, against the man who is My Companion, declares the LORD of Hosts. Strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn My hand against the little ones.

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).