Strong’s definition
a little or few (often adverbial or compar.)
KJV gloss list in the source
almost (some, very) few(-er, -est), lightly, little (while), (very) small (matter, thing), some, soon, [idiom] very.
Source pronunciation notation: meh-at'
Derivation recorded by Strong
or מְעָט; from H4591 (מָעַט);
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