4591 – מָעַט (maat)

to diminish

Type:	Verb Verb   Rootword
Hebrew:	מָעַט (maat)
Pronunciation:	ma-at    Listen
Gematria:	119(40 + 70 + 9)    words with the same gematria
Origin:	a primitive root
Usage:	22 times in OT

Description

1) to be or become small, be few, be diminished
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to diminish
1a2) to be too small
1b) (Piel) to become few
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to make small, make few, diminish
1c2) to give less

Word root

Word with maat as root:

מְעַט

meat

H4592

little

Equivalent Greek words

In the greek translation Septuagint (LXX) the Hebrew word maat was translated to the following:

ἐκλείπω	ekleipo	G1587	fail
ἐλάσσων	elasson, elatton	G1640	worse
ἐλαττονέω	elattoneo	G1641	have lack
ἐλαττόω	elattoo	G1642	make lower
μικρός	mikros, comparative, mikroteros	G3398	little
ὀλίγος	oligos	G3641	few

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