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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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Numbers 32:41
And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Havoth-jair.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 32:41 · retained source text

And Iair the sonne of Manasseh went and tooke the small townes thereof, and called them Hauoth-Iair.

1611 marginal noteDeut. 3.14.

Deuteronomy 1:17
Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God’s: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 1:17 · retained source text

Ye shall not respect persons in iudgement, but you shall heare the small aswell as the great: you shall not bee afraid of the face of man, for the iudgment is Gods: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it vnto me, and I will heare it.

1611 marginal noteHebr. acknowledge faces.

1611 marginal noteLeuit. 19.15. chap. 16.19. 1.sam. 16.7. pro. 24.23.

Deuteronomy 9:21
And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small, even until it was as small as dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of the mount.
2 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 9:21 · retained source text

And I tooke your sinne, the calfe which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small, euen vntill it was as small as dust: and I cast the dust therof into the brooke that descended out of the mount.

Deuteronomy 25:13
¶ Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 25:13 · retained source text

¶ Thou shalt not haue in thy bagge diuers weights, a great, and a small.

1611 marginal noteHebr. a stone and a stone.

Deuteronomy 25:14
Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a small.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 25:14 · retained source text

Thou shalt not haue in thine house diuers measures, a great, and a small.

1611 marginal noteHebr. an Ephah, and an Ephah.

Deuteronomy 32:2
My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 32:2 · retained source text

My doctrine shall drop as the raine: my speech shall distill as the deaw, as the smal raine vpon the tender herbe, and as the showres vpon the grasse.

1 Samuel 5:9
And it was so, that, after they had carried it about, the hand of the Lord was against the city with a very great destruction: and he smote the men of the city, both small and great, and they had emerods in their secret parts.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Samuel 5:9 · retained source text

And it was so, that after they had caried it about, the hand of the LORD was against the citie with a very great destruction: and hee smote the men of the citie both small and great, and they had Emerods in their secret parts.

1 Samuel 20:2
And he said unto him, God forbid; thou shalt not die: behold, my father will do nothing either great or small, but that he will shew it me: and why should my father hide this thing from me? it is not so.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Samuel 20:2 · retained source text

And he said vnto him, God forbid, thou shalt not die; beholde, my father will doe nothing, either great or small, but that he will shew it me: and why should my father hide this thing from me? it is not so.

1611 marginal noteHeb. vncouer mine eare.

1 Samuel 30:2
And had taken the women captives, that were therein: they slew not any, either great or small, but carried them away, and went on their way.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Samuel 30:2 · retained source text

And had taken the women captiues, that were therein; they slewe not any either great or smal, but caried them away, and went on their way.

1 Samuel 30:19
And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any thing that they had taken to them: David recovered all.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Samuel 30:19 · retained source text

And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sonnes nor daughters, neither spoile, nor any thing that they had taken to them: Dauid recouered all.

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