Tsâʻar — H6819

Definition

verb

to be small, i.e. (figuratively) ignoble

1. to be or grow insignificant, grow small
1. (Qal) to ge insignificant

Usually translated as

be brought low, be small, little one

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

• elattóō (G1642)
• olígos (G3641)

Occurrences

Tsâʻar occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Job (1), Jeremiah (1), Zechariah (1)

• Job 14:21 — His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low (וְ֝יִצְעֲר֗וּ), but he perceiveth it not of them.
• Jeremiah 30:19 — And 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 (יִצְעָֽרוּ).
• Zechariah 13:7 — 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 (הַצֹּעֲרִֽים).