Little
צָעִירStrong’s H6810tsair (tsa-ir)
Appears in 23 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Tsair is the Hebrew word usually translated “young”, “insignificant” and “young of”. It appears in 23 verses of the Old Testament.
“And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant land.”
Meaning
- Little, insignificant, younglittle, insignificant · insignificant, mean · young, younger, youngest
How it's translated
- the young 5
- young 3
- insignificant 3
- and the young 2
- the insignificant 2
- young of 2
- and with young his 1
- young his 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 8
- Jeremiah 4
- Job 2
- Psalms 2
- Joshua 1
- Judges 1
11 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 19:31And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth:
- Genesis 19:34And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
- Genesis 19:35And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
- Genesis 19:38And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Benammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.
- Genesis 25:23And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger.
- Genesis 29:26And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn.
Hebrew dictionary
צָעִיר tsair · little
1) little, insignificant, young 1a) little, insignificant 1b) insignificant, mean 1c) young, younger, youngest
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.