Mizʻâr — H4213

Definition

masculine noun

fewness; by implication, as superl. diminutiveness

1. a little, a trifle, a few
1. a trifle, a little (of time)
2. a remnant, a very few (of number)

Usually translated as

very, few

Origin

from the same as H2191

• Same as Zᵉʻêyr (H2191)

Greek equivalents

• olígos (G3641)

Occurrences

Mizʻâr occurs 4 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Isaiah (4)

• Isaiah 10:25 — For yet a very (מִזְעָ֑ר) little while, and the indignation shall cease, and mine anger in their destruction.
• Isaiah 16:14 — But now the LORD hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned, with all that great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small (מִזְעָ֖ר) and feeble.
• Isaiah 24:6 — Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few (מִזְעָֽר) men left.
• Isaiah 29:17 — Is it not yet a very (מִזְעָ֔ר) little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest?