Genesis 24:55
And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with us a few days, at the least ten; after that she shall go.
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Least
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Hebrews 8:11
And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.
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קָטָן
qâṭân · kaw-tawn'
10 times translated as this KJV form101 total Strong's occurrences
abbreviated, i.e. diminutive, literally (in quantity, size or number) or figuratively (in age or importance)
Strong's KJV usage: least, less(-er), little (one), small(-est, one, quantity, thing), young(-er, -est).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 2 Kings 18:24Strong's last: Jonah 3:5
Open full H6996 profile →ἐλάχιστος
eláchistos · el-akh'-is-tos
9 times translated as this KJV form13 total Strong's occurrences
used as equivalent to G3398; least (in size, amount, dignity, etc.)
Strong's KJV usage: :--least, very little (small), smallest.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 2:6Strong's last: 1 Corinthians 15:9
Open full G1646 profile →μικρός
mikrós · mik-ros'
6 times translated as this KJV form34 total Strong's occurrences
small (in size, quantity, number or (figuratively) dignity)
Strong's KJV usage: :--least, less, little, small.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 11:11Strong's last: Hebrews 8:11
Open full G3398 profile →צָעִיר
tsâʻîyr · tsaw-eer'
4 times translated as this KJV form22 total Strong's occurrences
little; (in number) few; (in age) young, (in value) ignoble
Strong's KJV usage: least, little (one), small (one), young(-er, -est).
Strong's first: Judges 6:15Strong's last: Jeremiah 50:45
Open full H6810 profile →γέ
gé · gheh
1 times translated as this KJV form7 total Strong's occurrences
Strong's KJV usage: :--and besides, doubtless, at least, yet.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Luke 19:42Strong's last: Luke 19:42
Open full G1065 profile →ἐλαχιστότερος
elachistóteros · el-akh-is-tot'-er-os
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
far less
Strong's KJV usage: :--less than the least.
Strong's first: Ephesians 3:8Strong's last: Ephesians 3:8
Open full G1647 profile →κἄν
kán · kan
1 times translated as this KJV form16 total Strong's occurrences
and (or even) if
Strong's KJV usage: :--and (also) if (so much as), if but, at the least, though, yet.
Strong's first: Acts 5:15Strong's last: Acts 5:15
Open full G2579 profile →אוֹ
ʼôw · o
1 times translated as this KJV form20 total Strong's occurrences
desire (and so probably in Proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also if
Strong's KJV usage: also, and, either, if, at the least, × nor, or, otherwise, then, whether.
Strong's first: Genesis 24:55Strong's last: Genesis 24:55
Open full H176 profile →אַךְ
ʼak · ak
1 times translated as this KJV form22 total Strong's occurrences
a particle of affirmation, surely; hence (by limitation) only
Strong's KJV usage: also, in any wise, at least, but, certainly, even, howbeit, nevertheless, notwithstanding, only, save, surely, of a surety, truly, verily, wherefore, yet (but).
Strong's first: 1 Samuel 21:4Strong's last: 1 Samuel 21:4
Open full H389 profile →מָעַט
mâʻaṭ · maw-at'
1 times translated as this KJV form23 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to pare off, i.e. lessen; intransitively, to be (or causatively, to make) small or few (or figuratively, ineffective)
Strong's KJV usage: suffer to decrease, diminish, (be, × borrow a, give, make) few (in number, -ness), gather least (little), be (seem) little, (× give the) less, be minished, bring to nothing.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Numbers 11:32Strong's last: Numbers 11:32
Open full H4591 profile →קָטֹן
qâṭôn · kaw-tone'
1 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences
to diminish, i.e. be (causatively, make) diminutive or (figuratively) of no account
Strong's KJV usage: be a (make) small (thing), be not worthy.
Strong's first: Genesis 32:10Strong's last: Genesis 32:10
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H176
And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with us a few days, at the least ten; after that she shall go.
H6994
I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.
H4591
And the people stood up all that day, and all that night, and all the next day, and they gathered the quails: he that gathered least gathered ten homers: and they spread them all abroad for themselves round about the camp.
no direct Strong's tag
Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof;
H6810
And he said unto him, Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel? behold, my family is poor in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house.
H6810
And Saul answered and said, Am not I a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? wherefore then speakest thou so to me?
H389
And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under mine hand, but there is hallowed bread; if the young men have kept themselves at least from women.
H6996
How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
H6996
These were of the sons of Gad, captains of the host: one of the least was over an hundred, and the greatest over a thousand.
H6996
How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
H6996
For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
H6996
Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall inherit them: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
H6996
And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
H6996
Then all the captains of the forces, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least even unto the greatest, came near,
H6996
Then called he Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces which were with him, and all the people from the least even to the greatest,
H6996
And I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed, and fall in the land of Egypt; they shall even be consumed by the sword and by the famine: they shall die, from the least even unto the greatest, by the sword and by the famine: and they shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach.
H6810
Therefore hear the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Edom; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitations desolate with them.
H6810
Therefore hear ye the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Babylon; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitation desolate with them.
no direct Strong's tag
For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth.
H6996
So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.
G1646
And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel.
G1646
Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
G1646
Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
G3398
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.
G3398
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.
English meaning and historical usage.
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least
LEAST, adjective
Smallest; little beyond others, either in size or degree; as the least insect; the least mercy.
LEAST is often used without the noun to which it refers. 'I am the least of the apostles, ' that is, the least apostle of all the apostles. 1 Corinthians 15:9.
LEAST, adverb
1. In the smallest or lowest degree; in a degree below all others; as, to reward those who least deserve it.
At least
At the least To say no more; not to demand or affirm more than is barely sufficient; at the lowest degree. If he has not incurred a penalty, he at least deserves censure.
He who tempts, though vain, at least asperses the tempted with dishonor.
2. To say no more. Let useful observations be at least a part of your conversation.
The least in the smallest degree. His faculties are not in the least impaired.
At leastwise, in the sense of at least is obsolete.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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