STRONGS G3398:
μικρός,
μικρά,
μικρόν, comparitive
μικρότερος,
μικροτερα,
ἐρον (from
Homer down), the
Sept. for
קָטֹן,
קָטָן,
מְעַט,
small, little; used
a. of size:
Matthew 13:32;
Mark 4:31; hence, of stature,
τῇ ἡλικία,
Luke 19:3; of length,
James 3:5.
b. of space: neuter
προελθών (
προσελθών,
T Tr WH marginal reading in Matthew,
Tr WH marginal reading in Mark (see
προσέρχομαι, a.))
μικρόν, having gone forward a little,
Matthew 26:39;
Mark 14:35 (cf.
Winers Grammar, § 32,6;
Buttmann, § 131, 11f).
c. of age: less by birth, younger,
Mark 15:40 (others take this of stature);
οἱ μικροί,
the little ones, young children,
Matthew 18:6,
10,
14;
Mark 9:42;
ἐπο μικροῦ ἕως μεγάλου (
A. V. from the least to the greatest),
Acts 8:10;
Hebrews 8:11 (
Jeremiah 6:13; Jeremiah 38:34 (
Jer. 31:34));
μικρός τέ καί μέγας (both small and great) i. e. all,
Acts 26:22; plural,
Revelation 11:18;
Revelation 13:16;
Revelation 19:5,
18;
Revelation 20:12.
d. of time,
short, brief: neuter — nominative,
ἔτι (or
ἔτι omitted)
μικρόν (namely,
ἔσται)
καί (yet)
a little while and etc. i. e. shortly (this shall come to pass),
John 14:19;
John 16:16f,
19 ((cf.
Exodus 17:4));
ἔτι μικρόν ὅσον ὅσον (see
ὅσος, a.); without
καί,
Hebrews 10:37 (
Isaiah 26:20);
τό μικρόν (
Tr WH omits
τό),
John 16:18; —
μικρόν accusative (of duration),
John 13:33 (
Job 36:2);
μικρόν χρόνον,
John 7:33;
John 12:35;
Revelation 6:11;
Revelation 20:3;
μετά μικρόν, after a little while,
Matthew 26:73;
Mark 14:70, (
πρό μικροῦ, Wis. 15:8).
e. of quantity, i. e. number or amount:
μικρά ζύμη,
1 Corinthians 5:6;
Galatians 5:9; of number,
μικρόν ποιμιον,
Luke 12:32; of quantity,
μικρά δύναμις,
Revelation 3:8; neuter
μικρόν (
τί),
a little, 2 Corinthians 11:1,
16.
f. of rank or influence:
Matthew 10:42;
Luke 9:48;
Luke 17:2;
ὁ μικρότερος ἐν τῇ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν, he that is inferior to the other citizens of the kingdom of heaven in knowledge of the gospel (
R. V. but little in etc.; cf.
Winers Grammar, 244 (229);
Buttmann, § 123, 13),
Matthew 11:11;
Luke 7:28.
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