Exodus 16:17
And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less.
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Hebrews 7:7
And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better.
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Exodus
22 verses
Numbers
33 verses
1 Samuel
22 verses
1 Kings
11 verses
2 Chronicles
22 verses
Ezra
11 verses
Job
55 verses
Proverbs
22 verses
Isaiah
11 verses
Ezekiel
11 verses
Mark
22 verses
1 Corinthians
11 verses
2 Corinthians
11 verses
Ephesians
11 verses
Philippians
11 verses
Hebrews
11 verses
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מָעַט
mâʻaṭ · maw-at'
4 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: Exodus 16:17Strong's last: Numbers 33:54
Open full H4591 profile →קָטָן
qâṭân · kaw-tawn'
3 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: Numbers 22:18Strong's last: 1 Samuel 25:36
Open full H6996 profile →μικρός
mikrós · mik-ros'
2 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: Mark 4:31Strong's last: Mark 15:40
Open full G3398 profile →אַף
ʼaph · af
2 times translated as this KJV form17 total Strong's occurrences
meaning accession (used as an adverb or conjunction); also or yea; adversatively though
Strong's KJV usage: also, + although, and (furthermore, yet), but, even, + how much less (more, rather than), moreover, with, yea.
Strong's first: 1 Kings 8:27Strong's last: Job 4:19
Open full H637 profile →ἐλάσσων
elássōn · el-as'-sone
1 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences
smaller (in size, quantity, age or quality)
Strong's KJV usage: :--less, under, worse, younger.
Strong's first: Hebrews 7:7Strong's last: Hebrews 7:7
Open full G1640 profile →ἥττον
hḗtton · hate'-ton
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
worse (as noun); by implication, less (as adverb)
Strong's KJV usage: :--less, worse.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 2 Corinthians 12:15Strong's last: 2 Corinthians 12:15
Open full G2276 profile →מַטָּה
maṭṭâh · mat'-taw
1 times translated as this KJV form19 total Strong's occurrences
downward, below or beneath; often adverbially with or without prefixes
Strong's KJV usage: beneath, down(-ward), less, very low, under(-neath).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Ezra 9:13Strong's last: Ezra 9:13
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H4591
And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less.
H4591
The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when they give an offering unto the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls.
H6996
And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the LORD my God, to do less or more.
H4591
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 according to those that were numbered of him.
H4591
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 fewer ye shall give the less inheritance: every man's inheritance shall be in the place where his lot falleth; according to the tribes of your fathers ye shall inherit.
H6996
Did I then begin to inquire of God for him? be it far from me: let not the king impute any thing unto his servant, nor to all the house of my father: for thy servant knew nothing of all this, less or more.
H6996
And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.
H637
But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?
no direct Strong's tag
But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built!
no direct Strong's tag
Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you on this manner, neither yet believe him: for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of mine hand, and out of the hand of my fathers: how much less shall your God deliver you out of mine hand?
H4295
And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and hast given us such deliverance as this;
H637
How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?
no direct Strong's tag
How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason with him?
no direct Strong's tag
And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.
no direct Strong's tag
How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm?
no direct Strong's tag
How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.
no direct Strong's tag
Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.
no direct Strong's tag
Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
no direct Strong's tag
All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.
no direct Strong's tag
Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much less shall it be meet yet for any work, when the fire hath devoured it, and it is burned?
G3398
It is 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:
G3398
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;
no direct Strong's tag
And those members of the body, which we think to be less honourable, upon these we bestow more abundant honour; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness.
G2276
And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.
no direct Strong's tag
Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
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less
LESS, for unless. [Not in use.]
LESS, A terminating syllable of many nouns and some adjectives. Hence it is a privative word, denoting destitution; as a witless man, a man destitute of wit; childless, without children; fatherless; faithless; penniless; lawless, etc.
LESS, adjective Smaller; not so large or great; as a less quantity or number; a horse of less size or value. We are all destined to suffer affliction in a greater or less degree.
LESS, adverb Not so much; in a smaller or lower degree; as less bright or loud; less beautiful; less obliging; less careful. The less a man praises himself, the more disposed are others to praise him.
LESS, noun
1. Not so much.
They gathered some more, some less Exodus 16:17.
2. An inferior.
The less is blessed by the better. Hebrews 7:7.
LESS, verb transitive To make less [Not in use.]
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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