ΜΙΚΡΑ, μικρα
MIKRA, mikra
Sounds Like: mee-KRAH
Translations: small, little, a small one, a little one
From the root: ΜΙΚΡΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something as small in size, quantity, or importance. It can refer to physical smallness, a short duration of time, or a lesser degree of something. It is often used to contrast with things that are large or great.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G3398 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Rome
- Clement’s First Letter — 44:4
Codex Sinaiticus
- Esther — 10:3c
- Psalms — 103:25
- Proverbs — 15:16
- Song of Solomon — 8:8
- Sirach — 11:3
- Isaiah — 18:5
- 1 Corinthians — 5:6
- Galatians — 5:9
- Shepherd of Hermas — 67:2
Josephus' Against Apion
- Book One — 11:58
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 2 — 15:333
- Book 4 — 8:229
- Book 6 — 13:276
- Book 7 — 1:44
- Book 11 — 8:312
- Book 12 — 7:312
- Book 13 — 12:326
- Book 14 — 15:399
- Book 15 — 7:206, 8:267
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 16:9
- Book Two — 13:6, 16:18, 16:26
- Book Three — 7:32, 10:62
- Book Four — 3:15
- Book Seven — 1:14
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 56:21
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
- The Life of Flavius Josephus — 65:336
Pseudo Clement of Rome
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 19:20, 30:30, 42:2, 43:2, 44:25
- Joshua — 22:19
- 2 Samuel — 12:3
- 1 Kings — 18:44
- 2 Kings — 2:23
- 2 Chronicles — 36:18
- Ezra (Alpha) — 1:51
- Esther — 10:3
- 2 Maccabees — 3:14
- Psalms — 103:25
- Odes — 4:16
- Proverbs — 15:16
- Ecclesiastes — 9:14
- Song of Solomon — 8:8
- Sirach — 11:3, 25:19
- Isaiah — 18:5, 26:16
- Ezekiel — 8:17, 16:20, 46:22
- Daniel (Old Greek) — 13:56
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
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.
- ἨΜΙΚΡΟΝ — small, little, a little
- 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
- 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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