Little
זְעֵירStrong’s H2191zeer (ze-er)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Zeer is the Hebrew word usually translated “little”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee that I have yet to speak on God’s behalf.”
Meaning
- A littleof quantity · of time
How it's translated
- a little 5
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Isaiah 2
- Job 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Isaiah 28:10For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:
- Isaiah 28:13But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.
Hebrew dictionary
זְעֵיר zeer · little
1) a little 1a) of quantity 1b) of time Aramaic equivalent: ze.er (זְעֵיר "little" H2192)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “little” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
LIT'TLE, adjective
- Small in size or extent; not great or large; as a little body; a little animal; a little piece of ground; a little table; a little book; a little hill; a little distance; a little child.
- Short in duration; as a little time or season; a little sleep.
- Small in quantity or amount; as a little hay or grass; a little food; a little sum; a little light; a little air or water.
- Of small dignity, power or importance.“When thou wast little in thy own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes?” 1 Samuel 15:17
All definitions and other forms of “little”
- Of small force or effect; slight; inconsiderable; as little attention or exertions; little effort; little care or diligence, little weight.
LIT'TLE, noun
- A small quantity or amount.
- A small space.
- Any thing small, slight or of inconsiderable importance.
- Not much.
LIT'TLE, adverb
- In a small degree; slightly; as, he is little changed.
- Not much; in a small quantity or space of time.
- In some degree; slightly; sometimes preceded by adjective The liquor is a little sour or astringent.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.