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Little

זְעֵירStrong’s H2192

zeer (ze-er)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

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Zeer is the Aramaic word usually translated “small”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things.”
Daniel 7:8 KJV
Meaning
  1. A little, small
How it's translated
  • small 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Daniel 1

1 book in all.

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    Aramaic dictionary

    זְעֵיר zeer · little

    a little, small Aramaic of ze.er (זְעֵיר "little" H2191)

    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

    1. 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.
    2. Short in duration; as a little time or season; a little sleep.
    3. 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.
    4. 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”
    1. Of small force or effect; slight; inconsiderable; as little attention or exertions; little effort; little care or diligence, little weight.

    LIT'TLE, noun

    1. A small quantity or amount.
    2. A small space.
    3. Any thing small, slight or of inconsiderable importance.
    4. Not much.

    LIT'TLE, adverb

    1. In a small degree; slightly; as, he is little changed.
    2. Not much; in a small quantity or space of time.
    3. 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 Aramaic, not from any one translation.