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DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Little

Begin with the exact English word as it appears in the King James Bible. Follow its whole-Bible usage, book distribution, related indexed forms, Webster 1828, every occurrence, and the occurrence-specific Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek mappings behind it.

242exact KJV occurrences 159Old Testament 83New Testament 43books containing the word 21mapped Strong's IDs 142occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

Genesis 18:4

Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree:

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LAST OCCURRENCE

Revelation 20:3

And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where little appears.

This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.

Genesis 2018 verses Exodus 65 verses Leviticus 11 verses Numbers 88 verses Deuteronomy 98 verses Joshua 44 verses Judges 22 verses Ruth 11 verses 1 Samuel 55 verses 2 Samuel 55 verses 1 Kings 99 verses 2 Kings 66 verses 2 Chronicles 33 verses Ezra 32 verses Nehemiah 11 verses Esther 22 verses Job 66 verses Psalms 1010 verses Proverbs 106 verses Ecclesiastes 33 verses Song of Solomon 33 verses Isaiah 1210 verses Jeremiah 33 verses Ezekiel 1513 verses Daniel 33 verses Hosea 22 verses Amos 11 verses Micah 11 verses Haggai 33 verses Zechariah 22 verses Matthew 1616 verses Mark 88 verses Luke 1110 verses John 1410 verses Acts 44 verses 1 Corinthians 11 verses 2 Corinthians 33 verses Galatians 22 verses 1 Timothy 22 verses Hebrews 33 verses James 32 verses 1 John 99 verses Revelation 77 verses
ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

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.

GreekG3813
παιδίον

paidíon · pahee-dee'-on

8 times translated as this KJV form52 total Strong's occurrences

a childling (of either sex), i.e. (properly), an infant, or (by extension) a half-grown boy or girl; figuratively, an immature Christian

Strong's KJV usage: :--(little, young) child, damsel.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Matthew 18:3Strong's last: Luke 18:17

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HebrewH3530
כִּבְרָה

kibrâh · kib-raw'

3 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences

n-f

properly, length, i.e. a measure (of uncertain dimension)

Strong's KJV usage: × little.

Strong's first: Genesis 35:16Strong's last: 2 Kings 5:19

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HebrewH4591
מָעַט

mâʻaṭ · maw-at'

3 times translated as this KJV form23 total Strong's occurrences

v

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 12:4Strong's last: Nehemiah 9:32

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HebrewH8102
שֶׁמֶץ

shemets · sheh'-mets

2 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

an inkling

Strong's KJV usage: a little.

Strong's first: Job 4:12Strong's last: Job 26:14

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GreekG3357
μετρίως

metríōs · met-ree'-oce

1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences

moderately, i.e. slightly

Strong's KJV usage: :--a little.

Strong's first: Acts 20:12Strong's last: Acts 20:12

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GreekG5177
τυγχάνω

tynchánō · toong-khan'-o

1 times translated as this KJV form14 total Strong's occurrences

akin to the base of G5088 through the idea of effecting; properly, to affect; or (specially), to hit or light upon (as a mark to be reached), i.e. (transitively) to attain or secure an object or end, or (intransitively) to happen (as if meeting with); but in the latter application only impersonal (with G1487), i.e. perchance; or (present participle) as adjective, usual (as if commonly met with, with G3756, extraordinary), neuter (as adverb) perhaps; or (with another verb) as adverb, by accident (as it were)

Strong's KJV usage: :--be, chance, enjoy, little, obtain, X refresh…self, + special.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Acts 28:2Strong's last: Acts 28:2

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HebrewH4704
מִצְּעִירָה

mitstsᵉʻîyrâh · mits-tseh-ee-raw'

1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences

n-f

properly, littleness; concretely, diminutive

Strong's KJV usage: little.

Strong's first: Daniel 8:9Strong's last: Daniel 8:9

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HebrewH8241
שֶׁצֶף

shetseph · sheh'-tsef

1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

an outburst (of anger)

Strong's KJV usage: little.

Strong's first: Isaiah 54:8Strong's last: Isaiah 54:8

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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20 occurrences match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.

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Genesis 18:4
H4592

Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree:

Genesis 19:20
no direct Strong's tag

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.

Genesis 19:20
no direct Strong's tag

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.

Genesis 24:17
H4592

And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher.

Genesis 24:43
H4592

Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass, that when the virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink;

Genesis 30:30
H4592

For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it is now increased unto a multitude; and the LORD hath blessed thee since my coming: and now when shall I provide for mine own house also?

Genesis 34:29
no direct Strong's tag

And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives took they captive, and spoiled even all that was in the house.

Genesis 35:16
H3530

And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.

Genesis 43:2
H4592

And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.

Genesis 43:8
no direct Strong's tag

And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones.

Genesis 43:11
H4592

And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds:

Genesis 43:11
H4592

And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds:

Genesis 44:20
no direct Strong's tag

And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him.

Genesis 45:19
no direct Strong's tag

Now thou art commanded, this do ye; take you wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come.

Genesis 46:5
no direct Strong's tag

And Jacob rose up from Beersheba: and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.

Genesis 47:24
no direct Strong's tag

And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give the fifth part unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and for food for your little ones.

Genesis 48:7
H3530

And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when yet there was but a little way to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the same is Bethlehem.

Genesis 50:8
no direct Strong's tag

And all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father's house: only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen.

Genesis 50:21
no direct Strong's tag

Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them.

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.

little

LIT'TLE, adjective

1. Small in size or extent; not great or large; as a little body; a little animal; a little piece of ground; a little table; a little book; a little hill; a little distance; a little child.

2. Short in duration; as a little time or season; a little sleep.

3. Small in quantity or amount; as a little hay or grass; a little food; a little sum; a little light; a little air or water.

4. Of small dignity, power or importance.

When thou wast little in thy own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes? 1 Samuel 15:17.

5. Of small force or effect; slight; inconsiderable; as little attention or exertions; little effort; little care or diligence, little weight.

LIT'TLE, noun

1. A small quantity or amount. He demanded much and obtained little He had little of his father's liberality.

2. A small space.

Much was in little writ -

3. Any thing small, slight or of inconsiderable importance.

I view with anger and disdain.

How little gives thee joy and pain.

4. Not much.

These they are fitted for, and little else.

LIT'TLE, adverb

1. In a small degree; slightly; as, he is little changed. It is a little discolored.

2. Not much; in a small quantity or space of time. He sleeps little

3. In some degree; slightly; sometimes preceded by adjective The liquor is a little sour or astringent.

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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