ἨΜΙΚΡΟΝ, ἠμικρον
ĒMIKRON, ēmikron
Sounds Like: hee-MIK-ron
Translations: small, little, a little
From the root: ΜΙΚΡΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is an adjective meaning 'small' or 'little'. It is often used to describe size or quantity. In the provided examples, it contrasts with 'great' (μέγα) and describes a small amount or something insignificant. It is a compound word formed from the prefix 'ἡμι-' (hemi-), meaning 'half', and 'μικρός' (mikros), meaning 'small'. However, in Koine Greek, 'ἡμικρόν' often functions simply as 'small' or 'little', rather than literally 'half-small'.
Inflection: Singular, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G3463 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 6:9
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Three — 7:110
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΜΙΚΡΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΜΕΙΚΡΑ — small, little, a little, short, unimportant, insignificant
- ΜΕΙΚΡΑΝ — small, little, short, a small, a little
- ΜΕΙΚΡΟΝ — little, a little, small, a small thing, short, a short time
- ΜΕΙΚΡΟΤΕΡΟΣ — smaller, lesser, younger
- ΜΕΙΚΡΟΥ — of little, of small, of short, of a little, of a small, of a short
- ΜΕΙΚΡΩ — small, little, a little, to a small degree, to a little extent, of little importance, of little value, young, humble, insignificant
- ΜΕΙΚΡΩΝ — of little, of small, of least, of humble, of insignificant, of young
- ΜΙΚΡΑ — small, little, a small one, a little one
- ΜΙΚΡΑΙ — small, little, short, unimportant, a small one, a little one
- ΜΙΚΡΑΙΣ — small, little, short, insignificant
- ΜΙΚΡΑΝ — small, little, a small, a little
- ΜΙΚΡΑΣ — small, little, a little, short, humble, unimportant, of little account
- ΜΙΚΡΟ — small, little, short, humble, unimportant, a small one
- ΜΙΚΡΟΙ — small, little, short, a little, the little ones, the humble
- ΜΙΚΡΟΙΣ — (to) small, (to) little, (to) insignificant, (to) humble
- ΜΙΚΡΟΝ — small, little, a little, a small thing, a short time
- ΜΙΚΡΟΣ — small, little, short, young, unimportant, least
- ΜΙΚΡΟΤΑΤΟΣ — smallest, very small, least
- ΜΙΚΡΟΤΕΡΑΝ — smaller, a smaller, lesser, a lesser
- ΜΙΚΡΟΤΕΡΑΣ — of smaller, of lesser, of a smaller, of a lesser
- ΜΙΚΡΟΤΕΡΟΝ — smaller, a smaller, less, a less
- ΜΙΚΡΟΤΕΡΟΣ — smaller, less, lesser, younger
- ΜΙΚΡΟΤΕΡΟΥΣΤΩΝ — smaller, of the smaller, of the least
- ΜΙΚΡΟΥ — (of) small, (of) little, (of) short, (of) young, (of) unimportant, (of) the small one, (of) the little one, (of) the least
- ΜΙΚΡΟΥΣ — small, little, few, small ones, little ones
- ΜΙΚΡΩ — a little, shortly, small, little
- ΜΙΚΡΩΝ — of small, of little, of small things, of little things
- ΜΙΚΡΩΣ — a little, for a little while, briefly, slightly
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