Be little
צָעַרStrong’s H6819tsaar (tsa-ar)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Tsaar is the Hebrew word usually translated “may be insignificant”, “insignificant” and “little”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“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.”
Meaning
- To be or grow insignificant, grow small(Qal) to ge insignificant
How it's translated
- and they may be insignificant 1
- they will be insignificant 1
- the little 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Job 1
- Jeremiah 1
- Zechariah 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Job 14:21His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.
- Jeremiah 30:19And 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.
Hebrew dictionary
צָעַר tsaar · be little
1) to be or grow insignificant, grow small 1a) (Qal) to ge insignificant
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “insignificant” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
INSIGNIF'ICANT, adjective
[in and significant.]
- Void of signification; destitute of meaning; as insignificant words.
- Unimportant; answering no purpose; having no weight or effect; as insignificant rites.
- Without weight of character; mean; contemptible; as an insignificant being or fellow.
All definitions and other forms of “insignificant”
INSIGNIF'ICANT, noun
An insignificant trifling or worthless thing.
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.