Exodus 16:17
And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less.
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Less
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Hebrews 7:7
And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better.
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5 occurrences in 5 verses.
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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
Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?
These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.
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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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.
English meaning and historical usage.
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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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