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small

Meaning of “small”

1. Little or limited in size, amount, number, extent, strength, power, rank, or importance. 2. Fine or minute; broken or ground into small particles. 3. In “no small,” considerable or great. 4. In “small cattle,” sheep and goats, as distinguished from oxen or larger cattle.

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First occurrence: Genesis 19:11

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Isaiah 1:9
Except the Lord of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 1:9 · retained source text

Except the LORD of hostes had left vnto vs a very small remnant, we should haue beene as Sodom, and we should haue bene like vnto Gomorrah.

1611 marginal noteLam.3.22 rom. 9.29.

1611 marginal noteGen. 19.24.

Isaiah 7:13
And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also?
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 7:13 · retained source text

And he sayd; Heare yee now, O house of Dauid; Is it a small thing for you to wearie men, but will yee wearie my God also?

Isaiah 16:14
But now the Lord hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned, with all that great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and feeble.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 16:14 · retained source text

But now the LORD hath spoken, saying, Within three yeeres, as the yeeres of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shalbe contemned, with all that great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and feeble.

1611 marginal noteOr, not many.

Isaiah 22:24
And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father’s house, the offspring and the issue, all vessels of small quantity, from the vessels of cups, even to all the vessels of flagons.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 22:24 · retained source text

And they shall hang vpon him all the glory of his fathers house, the offspring and the issue, all vessels of small quantitie: from the vessels of cups, euen to all the vessels of flagons.

1611 marginal noteOr, instruments of violes.

Isaiah 29:5
Moreover the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 29:5 · retained source text

Moreouer the multitude of thy strangers shalbe like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones shalbe as chaffe, that passeth away; yea it shalbe at an instant suddenly.

Isaiah 37:27
Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded: they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.
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1611 witness · Isaiah 37:27 · retained source text

Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded: they were as the grasse of the field, and as the greene herbe, as the grasse on the house tops, and as corne blasted before it be growen vp.

1611 marginal noteHeb. short of hand.

Isaiah 40:15
Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 40:15 · retained source text

Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, hee taketh vp the yles as a very litle thing.

Isaiah 41:15
Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 41:15 · retained source text

Behold, I will make thee a new sharpe threshing instrument hauing teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountaines, and beate them small, and shalt make the hilles as chaffe.

1611 marginal noteHebr. mouthes.

Isaiah 43:23
Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt offerings; neither hast thou honoured me with thy sacrifices. I have not caused thee to serve with an offering, nor wearied thee with incense.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 43:23 · retained source text

Thou hast not brought mee the small cattell of thy burnt offrings, neither hast thou honoured mee with thy sacrifices. I haue not caused thee to serue with an offring, nor wearied thee with incense.

1611 marginal noteHeb. lambs or kids.

Isaiah 54:7
For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 54:7 · retained source text

For a small moment haue I forsaken thee, but with great mercies will I gather thee.

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