Strong's Lexicon

H4705

H4705 — מִצעָר

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewmits`arnoun mascOccurrences: 5TWOT: 1948c

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H4705
Word:	מִצעָר
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	from H6819
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	5
Transliteration:	mits`ar
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	mits-awr'
Meaning:	1. petty (in size or number) 2. adverbially, a short (time)
KJV Renderings:	little one (while), small.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB7171

I. מִצְעָר noun masculine a small thing (|| מִזְעָר); —

1. absolute ׳ מ a small thing, of city Gen 19:20 (twice in verse) ( J ); of Job's fortunes, ׳ רֵאשִׁיתְֱ מ Job 8:7 (opposed to יִשְׂגֶּה מְאֹר); construct מִצְעַר אֲנָשִׁים 2Chr 24:24 a few men; of time ׳ לַמּ Isa 63:18 for the [a] little while. — Ps 42:7 see II.׳ מ.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

מצער (mitz-gahr’)

Genesis 19:20

KJV: Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.

EHCC: and it (is) a little one:

2 Chronicles 24:24

KJV: For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men, and the Lord delivered a very great host into their hand, because they had forsaken the Lord God of their fathers. So they executed judgment against Joash.

EHCC: with ₪ small company of men,

Job 8:7

KJV: Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.

EHCC: Though thy beginning was small,

Psalms 42:6

KJV: O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar.the hill…: or, the little hill

EHCC: (7).hill Mizar. ere or, the little hill)

Isaiah 63:18

KJV: The people of thy holiness have possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.

EHCC: possessed (it) but a little while :