2191. zeer

Lexicon

zeer: insignificance, smallness

Original Word: זְעֵיר
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: ze`eyr
Pronunciation: zay-er
Phonetic Spelling: (zeh-ayr')
KJV: little
NASB: little
Word Origin: [from an unused root (akin (by permutation) to H6819 (צָּעַר - become insignificant)), meaning to dwindle]

1. small

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

little

From an unused root (akin (by permutation) to tsa'ar), meaning to dwindle; small -- little.

see HEBREW tsa'ar

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from an unused word
Definition
a little
NASB Translation
little (5).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

זְעֵיר noun [masculine] a little (diminutive form Ol^{§ 180} Lag^{BN 85}) —

1 of quantity, amount (of instruction) שָׁם ׳שָׁם ז ׳ז Isaiah 28:10,13 (in both "" צַו, קַו).

2 of time, וַאֲחַוֶּ֑ךָּ ׳כַּתַּרלִֿי ז Job 36:2.

זער (ᵑ7 Syriac, be small; Biblical Hebrew זְעֵיר √ זְער; Egyptian Aramaic זער Cooke²¹³, Nabataean זעירא, Palmyrene זערא Lzb²⁶⁸ SAC⁴⁹).

Forms and Transliterations

זְ֭עֵיר זְעֵ֣יר זְעֵ֥יר זעיר zə‘êr zə·‘êr Zeeir

Englishman's Concordance

Job 36:2
HEB: כַּתַּר־ לִ֣י זְ֭עֵיר וַאֲחַוֶּ֑ךָּ כִּ֤י
NAS: Wait for me a little, and I will show
KJV: Suffer me a little, and I will shew
INT: Wait A little will show there

Isaiah 28:10
HEB: קַ֣ו לָקָ֑ו זְעֵ֥יר שָׁ֖ם זְעֵ֥יר
NAS: line on line, A little here, a little
KJV: upon line; here a little, [and] there a little:
INT: line line A little here A little

Isaiah 28:10
HEB: זְעֵ֥יר שָׁ֖ם זְעֵ֥יר שָֽׁם׃
NAS: A little here, a little there.'
KJV: here a little, [and] there a little:
INT: A little here A little here

Isaiah 28:13
HEB: קַ֣ו לָקָ֔ו זְעֵ֥יר שָׁ֖ם זְעֵ֣יר
NAS: line on line, A little here, a little
KJV: upon line; here a little, [and] there a little;
INT: line line A little here A little

Isaiah 28:13
HEB: זְעֵ֥יר שָׁ֖ם זְעֵ֣יר שָׁ֑ם לְמַ֨עַן
NAS: here, a little there,
KJV: here a little, [and] there a little; that they might go,
INT: A little here A little there because of

5 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 2191
5 Occurrences

zə·‘êr — 5 Occ.