small

Greek Adjective

μικρός, -ά, -όν [in LXX chiefly for קָטָן, מָעַט;] small, little; 1) of persons; (a) lit, of stature: Mrk.15:40 (MM, iii, xvi; on the view that age is meant, see Deiss, BS, 144), Luk.19:3; οἱ μ, the little ones, Mat.18:6, 10 18:14, Mrk.9:42; (b) hence metaphorically, of rank or influence (cf. Dalman, Words, 113 f.): Mat.10:42, Luk.17:2, Act.8:10 26:22, Heb.8:11 " (LXX), Rev.11:18 13:16 19:5, 18 20:12; compar, -ότερος, Mat.11:11, Luk.7:28 9:48. 2) Of things; (a) of size : Mat.13:32 Mrk.4:31, Jas.3:5; (b) of quantity: Luk.12:32, 1Co.5:6, Gal.5:9, Rev.3:8; (with) of time : Jhn.7:33 12:35, Rev.6:11 20:3. 3) Neut, μικρόν, used adverbially; (a) of distance: Mat.26:39, Mrk.14:35; (b) of quantity: 2Co.11:1 11:16; (with) of time : Jhn.13:33 14:19 16:16-19, Heb.10:37; μετὰ μ, Mat.26:73, Mrk.14:70. (AS)

small

Greek Adjective

μικρός and σμῑκρός, ά, όν, Doric dialect, Ionic dialect μικκός (which see): σμικρός is corroborated by metre in [Refs 8th c.BC+], and might be restored in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; it is probably the only form in [Refs 5th c.BC+] (μικρός [Refs 5th c.BC+]; most frequently in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Attic dialect Inscrr. have σμικρός [Refs]:—small, little, 1) in Size, μ. ἔην δέμας [Refs 8th c.BC+]: as a Comedy texts exaggeration, δικαστηρίδιον μ. πάνυ [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with infinitive, μικροὶ δ᾽ ὁρᾶν [Refs]: as a term of reproach, Κλειγενὴς ὁ μικρός [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ ἐν μικρῷ μεγάλοι short but stoutly built, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] 2) in Quantity, σμικρὸν ἐπὶ σμικρῷ καταθεῖναι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; μ. ὄψον, ἀργυρίδιον, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 3) in Amount or Importance, petty, trivial, slight, σμ. πρόφασις [Refs 6th c.BC+]; ἔπος, ἔγκλημα, ῥοπή, etc, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐκ σμικροῦ λόγου on some slight pretext, [Refs]; ἐν σμικρῷ λόγῳ παρῆκεν as of small account,[Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐδὲ μικρόν, ={οὐδὲ γρῦ}, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of persons, of small account, opposed to μέγας, σμ. ἐν σμικροῖς, μέγας ἐν μεγάλοις [Refs 5th c.BC+]; βίος ὁ μ, ={μέτριος}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τίνος σμικροτάτου μεταβαλόντος, σμικρότατος τὴν δύναμιν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the mind, οὐ σμικρὸν φρονεῖ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of style, mean, [Φίλιστος] μικρὸς ταῖς ἐκφράσεσιν [Refs 1st c.BC+]; of festivals, of lesser importance, Ἁλίεια τὰ μεγάλα καὶ τὰ μ. [Refs] II) of Time, short, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν μικρῷ (i.e. χρόνῳ) shortly, [LXX+5th c.BC+] II.2) of Age, young, [Refs 2nd c.BC+] III) Adverbial usages, III.1) regular adverb σμικρῶς, but little, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μικρῶς by a little, probably in [Refs 3rd c.BC+]: superlative σμικρότατα [Refs 5th c.BC+] III.2) σμικροῦ or μικροῦ within a little, almost, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; in full, μικροῦ δεῖν, see at {δεῖ} 11, δέω (B) 1; μικροῦ τινος ἀπελείφθη τοῦ μή. [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; but μικροῦ πρίασθαι for a little, cheap, [Refs 5th c.BC+] III.3) σμικρῷ by a little, with comparative, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also σμικρῷ πρόσθεν a little before, [Refs 4th c.BC+] III.4) μικρόν a little, σμικρὸν ὑπολείπεσθαι, σμ. τι παρακλίνειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of Time, [Refs 5th c.BC+] III.5) with Preps, III.5.a) ἐπὶ σμικρόν but a little, [Refs 5th c.BC+] III.5.b) κατὰ μικρόν into small pieces, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also, little by little, κατὰ μικρὸν ἀεί [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to συλλήβδην, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; καὶ κατὰ σμ. or μ. ever so little, [Refs 5th c.BC+] III.5.c) παρὰ μικρόν within a little, παρὰ μ. ἐλθεῖν with infinitive, to be within an ace of doing, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but τὸ παρὰ μ. σῴζεσθαι to be only just saved, [Refs 6th c.AD+]; gradual, imperceptible change, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; οὐδὲ παρὰ μ. ἦν κρεῖττον with infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but also παρὰ μ. ποιεῖσθαι, ἡγεῖσθαι, to think little of, [Refs 5th c.BC+] III.5.d) μετὰ μικρόν a little after, [NT] IV) besides regular comparative and superlative μικρότερος, -ότατος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; see at {μείων. [ῑ} by nature; ῐ only in late Poetry, epigram cited in [Refs 1st c.AD+] (Perh. cf. Latin mīca, mīcidus, OHG. smāhi, ONorse smár 'little'.)

Greek

Adjective

small (in size, quantity, number or (figuratively) dignity); least, less, little, small; apparently a primary word