מָעַט
mâʻaṭ · maw-at'Hebrew · H4591
Derivation
a primitive root;
Meaning
properly, to pare off, i.e. lessen; intransitively, to be (or causatively, to make) small or few (or figuratively, ineffective)
In the King James Version
suffer to decrease, diminish, (be, [idiom] borrow a, give, make) few (in number, -ness), gather least (little), be (seem) little, ([idiom] give the) less, be minished, bring to nothing.
Translated as
few (4), little (3), less (3), diminish (2), diminished (2), fewness (1), number (1), least (1), suffereth (1), minished (1)
Where it appears
Found in 18 verses