Strong's Lexicon
G3398 — μικρός
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G3398 |
|---|---|
| Word: | μικρός |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Etymology: | apparently a primary word |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 30 |
| Transliteration: | mikros |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | mik-ros' (including the comparative mikroteros mik-rot'-er-os) adj. |
| Meaning: | 1. small (in size, quantity, number or (figuratively) dignity) |
| KJV Renderings: | least, less, little, small |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
μικρός, μικρά, μικρόν, comparitive μικρότερος, μικροτερα, ἐρον (from Homer down), the Sept. for ÷ÈèÉï, ÷ÈèÈï, îÀòÇè, small, little; used a. of size: Mat 13:32; Mar 4:31; hence, of stature, τῇ ἡλικία, Luk 19:3; of length, Jas 3:5.
b. of space: neuter προελθών (προσελθών, T Tr WH marginal reading in Matthew, Tr WH marginal reading in Mark (see προσέρχομαι, a.)) μικρόν, having gone forward a little, Mat 26:39; Mar 14:35 (cf. Winers Grammar, § 32,6; Buttmann, § 131, 11f).
c. of age: less by birth, younger, Mar 15:40 (others take this of stature); οἱ μικροί, the little ones, young children, Mat 18:6; Mat 18:10; Mat 18:14; Mar 9:42; ἐπο μικροῦ ἕως μεγάλου (A. V. from the least to the greatest), Act 8:10; Heb 8:11 (Jer 6:13; Jeremiah 38:34 ()); μικρός τέ καί μέγας (both small and great) i. e. all, Act 26:22; plural, Rev 11:18; Rev 13:16; Rev 19:5; Rev 19:18; Rev 20:12.
d. of time, short, brief: neuter — nominative, ἔτι (or ἔτι omitted) μικρόν (namely, ἔσται) καί (yet) a little while and etc. i. e. shortly (this shall come to pass), Joh 14:19; John 16:16f, 19 ((cf. Exo 17:4)); ἔτι μικρόν ὅσον ὅσον (see ὅσος, a.); without καί, Heb 10:37 (Isa 26:20); τό μικρόν (Tr WH omits τό), Joh 16:18; — μικρόν accusative (of duration), Joh 13:33 (Job 36:2); μικρόν χρόνον, Joh 7:33; Joh 12:35; Rev 6:11; Rev 20:3; μετά μικρόν, after a little while, Mat 26:73; Mar 14:70, (πρό μικροῦ, Wis 15:8).
e. of quantity, i. e. number or amount: μικρά ζύμη, 1Co 5:6; Gal 5:9; of number, μικρόν ποιμιον, Luk 12:32; of quantity, μικρά δύναμις, Rev 3:8; neuter μικρόν (τί), a little, 2Co 11:1; 2Co 11:16.
f. of rank or influence: Mat 10:42; Luk 9:48; Luk 17:2; ὁ μικρότερος ἐν τῇ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν, he that is inferior to the other citizens of the kingdom of heaven in knowledge of the gospel (R. V. but little in etc.; cf. Winers Grammar, 244 (229); Buttmann, § 123, 13), Mat 11:11; Luk 7:28.
Englishman's Greek Concordance
μικρός (least)
Matthew 10:42
- KJV: And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold only in the name of a disciple verily I say unto you he shall in no wise lose his reward
- GK: και ος εάν ποτίση ένα των μικρών τούτων ποτήριον ψυχρού μόνον εις όνομα μαθητού αμήν λέγω υμίν ου απολέση τον μισθόν αυτού
Matthew 11:11
- KJV: Verily I say unto you Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he
- GK: αμήν λέγω υμίν ουκ εγήγερται εν γεννητοίς γυναικών μείζων Ιωάννου του βαπτιστού ο δε μικρότερος εν τη βασιλεία των ουρανών μείζων αυτού εστιν
Matthew 13:32
- KJV: Which indeed is the least of all seeds but when it is grown it is the greatest among herbs and becometh a tree so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof
- GK: ο μικρότερον μεν εστι πάντων των σπερμάτων όταν δε αυξηθή μείζον των λαχάνων εστί και γίνεται δένδρον ώστε ελθείν τα πετεινά του ουρανού και κατασκηνούν εν τοις κλάδοις αυτού
Matthew 18:6
- KJV: But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck and he were drowned in the depth of the sea
- GK: ος δ΄ αν σκανδαλίση ένα των μικρών τούτων των πιστευόντων εις εμέ συμφέρει αυτώ ίνα κρεμασθή μύλος ονικός επί τον τράχηλον αυτού και καταποντισθή εν τω πελάγει της θαλάσσης
Matthew 18:10
- KJV: Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones for I say unto you That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven
- GK: οράτε μη καταφρονήσητε ενός των μικρών τούτων λέγω γαρ υμίν ότι οι άγγελοι αυτών εν ουρανοίς διά βλέπουσιν το πρόσωπον του πατρός μου του εν ουρανοίς
Matthew 18:14
- KJV: Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish
- GK: ούτως ουκ έστι θέλημα έμπροσθεν του πατρός υμών του εν ουρανοίς ίνα απόληται εις των μικρών τούτων
Mark 4:31
- KJV: like a grain of mustard seed which when it is sown in the earth is less than all the seeds that be in the earth
- GK: ως κόκκω σινάπεως ος όταν σπαρή επί της γης μικρότερος πάντων των σπερμάτων εστί των επί της γης
Mark 9:42
- KJV: And whosoever shall offend one of little ones that believe in me it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck and he were cast into the sea
- GK: και ος αν σκανδαλίση ένα των μικρών των πιστεύοντων εις εμέ καλόν εστιν αυτώ μάλλον ει περίκειται λίθος μυλικός περί τον τράχηλον αυτού και βέβληται εις την θάλασσαν
Mark 15:40
- KJV: There were also women looking on afar off among whom was Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses and Salome
- GK: ήσαν δε και γυναίκες από μακρόθεν θεωρούσαι εν αις ην Μαρία Μαγδαληνή και Μαρία η του Ιακώβου του μικρού και Ιωσή μήτηρ και Σαλώμη
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