# מְעַט (meat) Israeli respelling: me-at. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew. Strong’s H4592. 92 Old Testament occurrences. a little or few (often adverbial or compar.) King James renderings: almost (some, very) few(-er, -est), lightly, little (while), (very) small (matter, thing), some, soon, [idiom] very. Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/meat-h4592 ## Occurrences - [Genesis 18:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/18/4) — Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree: - [Genesis 24:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/24/17) — And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher. - [Genesis 24:43](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/24/43) — Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass, that when the virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give me… - [Genesis 26:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/26/10) — And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest have b… - [Genesis 30:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/30/15) — And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son’s mandrakes also? And Rache… - [Genesis 30:30](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/30/30) — For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it is now increased unto a multitude; and the LORD hath blessed thee since my coming:… - [Genesis 43:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/43/2) — And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a l… - [Genesis 43:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/43/11) — And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down… - [Genesis 44:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/44/25) — And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food. - [Genesis 47:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/47/9) — And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the year… - [Exodus 17:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/17/4) — And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they be almost ready to stone me. - [Exodus 23:30](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/23/30) — By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land. - [Leviticus 25:52](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/25/52) — And if there remain but few years unto the year of jubile, then he shall count with him, and according unto his years shall he give him aga… - [Numbers 13:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/13/18) — And see the land, what it is; and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many; - [Numbers 16:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/16/9) — Seemeth it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to hims… - [Numbers 16:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/16/13) — Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land that floweth with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, except thou… - [Numbers 26:54](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/26/54) — To many thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to few thou shalt give the less inheritance: to every one shall his inheritance be given… - [Numbers 26:56](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/26/56) — According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided between many and few. - [Numbers 33:54](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/33/54) — And ye shall divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your families: and to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the… - [Numbers 35:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/35/8) — And the cities which ye shall give shall be of the possession of the children of Israel: from them that have many ye shall give many; but f… - [Deuteronomy 7:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/7/7) — The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all peopl… - [Deuteronomy 7:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/7/22) — And the LORD thy God will put out those nations before thee by little and little: thou mayest not consume them at once, lest the beasts of… - [Deuteronomy 26:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/26/5) — And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned th… - [Deuteronomy 28:38](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/28/38) — Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in; for the locust shall consume it. - [Deuteronomy 28:62](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/28/62) — And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of the L… - [Joshua 7:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/7/3) — And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; a… - [Joshua 22:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/22/17) — Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we are not cleansed until this day, although there was a plague in the congregation o… - [Judges 4:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/4/19) — And he said unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink; for I am thirsty. And she opened a bottle of milk, and gave him drink,… - [Ruth 2:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ruth/2/7) — And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves: so she came, and hath continued even from the mornin… - [1 Samuel 14:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/14/6) — And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that… - [1 Samuel 14:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/14/29) — Then said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the land: see, I pray you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of th… - [1 Samuel 14:43](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/14/43) — Then Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what thou hast done. And Jonathan told him, and said, I did but taste a little honey with the end of th… - [1 Samuel 17:28](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/17/28) — And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab’s anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou do… - [2 Samuel 12:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/12/8) — And I gave thee thy master’s house, and thy master’s wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had… - [2 Samuel 16:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/16/1) — And when David was a little past the top of the hill, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses saddled, and… - [2 Samuel 19:36](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/19/36) — Thy servant will go a little way over Jordan with the king: and why should the king recompense it me with such a reward? - [1 Kings 17:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/17/10) — So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks: and he… - [1 Kings 17:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/17/12) — And she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold,… - [2 Kings 10:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/10/18) — And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said unto them, Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu shall serve him much. - [1 Chronicles 16:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/16/19) — When ye were but few, even a few, and strangers in it. - [2 Chronicles 12:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/12/7) — And when the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves; therefore… - [2 Chronicles 29:34](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/29/34) — But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt offerings: wherefore their brethren the Levites did help them, till… - [Ezra 9:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezra/9/8) — And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy… - [Nehemiah 2:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/2/12) — And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem: neither wa… - [Nehemiah 7:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/7/4) — Now the city was large and great: but the people were few therein, and the houses were not builded. - [Job 10:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/10/20) — Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little, - [Job 15:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/15/11) — Are the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee? - [Job 24:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/24/24) — They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of t… - [Job 32:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/32/22) — For I know not to give flattering titles; in so doing my maker would soon take me away. - [Psalms 2:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/2/12) — Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their tru… - [Psalms 8:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/8/5) — For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. - [Psalms 37:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/37/10) — For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be. - [Psalms 37:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/37/16) — A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked. - [Psalms 73:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/73/2) — But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped. - [Psalms 81:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/81/14) — I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries. - [Psalms 94:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/94/17) — Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence. - [Psalms 105:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/105/12) — When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it. - [Psalms 109:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/109/8) — Let his days be few; and let another take his office. - [Psalms 119:87](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/119/87) — They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not thy precepts. - [Proverbs 5:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/5/14) — I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly. - [Proverbs 6:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/6/10) — Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: - [Proverbs 10:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/10/20) — The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth. - [Proverbs 15:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/15/16) — Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith. - [Proverbs 16:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/16/8) — Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right. - [Proverbs 24:33](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/24/33) — Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: - [Ecclesiastes 5:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/5/2) — Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: ther… - [Ecclesiastes 5:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/5/12) — The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep. - [Ecclesiastes 9:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/9/14) — There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against i… - [Ecclesiastes 10:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/10/1) — Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdo… - [Song of Solomon 3:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/song-of-solomon/3/4) — It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought… - [Isaiah 1:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/1/9) — Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah. - [Isaiah 7:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/7/13) — And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also? - [Isaiah 10:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/10/7) — Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few. - [Isaiah 10:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/10/25) — For yet a very little while, and the indignation shall cease, and mine anger in their destruction. - [Isaiah 16:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 t… - [Isaiah 26:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/26/20) — Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indign… - [Isaiah 29:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/29/17) — Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest? - [Jeremiah 42:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/42/2) — And said unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we beseech thee, our supplication be accepted before thee, and pray for us unto the LORD thy God,… - [Jeremiah 51:33](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/51/33) — For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; The daughter of Babylon is like a threshingfloor, it is time to thresh her: yet a litt… - [Ezekiel 5:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/5/3) — Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts. - [Ezekiel 11:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/11/16) — Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Although I have cast them far off among the heathen, and although I have scattered them among the c… - [Ezekiel 16:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/16/20) — Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hast borne unto me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to be devoured.… - [Ezekiel 16:47](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/16/47) — Yet hast thou not walked after their ways, nor done after their abominations: but, as if that were a very little thing, thou wast corrupted… - [Ezekiel 34:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/34/18) — Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have eaten up the good pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pastures? an… - [Daniel 11:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/11/23) — And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people. - [Daniel 11:34](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/11/34) — Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with a little help: but many shall cleave to them with flatteries. - [Hosea 1:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hosea/1/4) — And the LORD said unto him, Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, a… - [Hosea 8:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hosea/8/10) — Yea, though they have hired among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king of princes. - [Haggai 1:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/haggai/1/6) — Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but ther… - [Haggai 1:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/haggai/1/9) — Ye looked for much, and lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the LORD of hosts. Because of mi… - [Haggai 2:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/haggai/2/6) — For thus saith the LORD of hosts; Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry lan… - [Zechariah 1:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/zechariah/1/15) — And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction.