מִצְעָרmitsʻâr
petty (in size or number); adverbially, a short (time)
Pronunciation: mits-awr' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4705
Meanings
a small thing, (|| מִזְעָר)
1. a small thing, a few men (Genesis 19:20; Job 8:7; 2 Chronicles 24:24)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 5 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 19:20 See, there is a small village nearby. Please let me go there instead; don’t you see how small it is? Then my life will be saved.”
- 2 Chronicles 24:24 Although the Arameans attacked with only a small army, the Lord helped them conquer the much larger army of Judah. The people of Judah had abandoned the Lord, the God of their ancestors, so judgment was carried out against Joash.
- Job 8:7 And though you started with little, you will end with much.
- Isaiah 63:18 How briefly your holy people possessed your holy place, and now our enemies have destroyed it.
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).