מִזְעָרmizʻâr
fewness; by implication, as superl. diminutiveness
Pronunciation: miz-awr' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4213
Meanings
a little, a trifle, a few
1. of time (Isaiah 10:25; Isaiah 29:17)
2. of number (Isaiah 16:14; Isaiah 24:6)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 4 times in the Bible.
- Isaiah 10:25 In a little while my anger against you will end, and then my anger will rise up to destroy them.”
- Isaiah 16:14 But now the Lord says, “Within three years, counting each day, the glory of Moab will be ended. From its great population, only a feeble few will be left alive.”
- Isaiah 24:6 Therefore, a curse consumes the earth. Its people must pay the price for their sin. They are destroyed by fire, and only a few are left alive.
- Isaiah 29:17 Soon—and it will not be very long— the forests of Lebanon will become a fertile field, and the fertile field will yield bountiful crops.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).