ΜΙΚΡΟΥ, μικρου
MIKROU, mikrou
Sounds Like: mee-KROO
Translations: (of) small, (of) little, (of) short, (of) young, (of) unimportant, (of) the small one, (of) the little one, (of) the least
From the root: ΜΙΚΡΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun
Explanation: This word is the genitive singular form of the adjective 'ΜΙΚΡΟΣ' (mikros), meaning 'small' or 'little'. It can describe something as being of small size, quantity, or importance. When used substantively, it refers to 'the small one' or 'the least'. It is often used in phrases contrasting with 'great' or 'large', such as 'from great to small' (ἀπὸ μεγάλου ἕως μικροῦ), meaning 'from the greatest to the least' or 'from everyone, regardless of status'.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Masculine or Neuter
Strong’s number: G3398 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 11:17
Codex Sinaiticus
- Esther — 1:5
- 1 Maccabees — 5:45
- Wisdom — 15:8
- Isaiah — 22:24, 33:4
- Jeremiah — 6:13, 38:34, 49:1, 51:12
- Jonah — 3:5
- Mark — 15:40
- Acts of the Apostles — 8:10
- Hebrews — 8:11
Josephus' Against Apion
- Book One — 4:40, 10:119, 17:168, 32:223, 32:227, 35:244
- Book Two — 4:40, 10:119, 17:168, 32:223, 32:227, 35:244
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 2 — 7:184
- Book 3 — 7:174
- Book 8 — 8:226, 11:270
- Book 11 — 5:175, 8:342
- Book 13 — 7:106
- Book 14 — 13:356
- Book 15 — 8:295
- Book 20 — 9:212
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Four — 4:64
Justin Martyr
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
- The Life of Flavius Josephus — 9:41
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 19:11, 26:10
- 1 Samuel — 5:9, 9:21, 30:2, 30:19
- 2 Kings — 5:14, 23:2, 25:26
- 2 Chronicles — 34:30
- Judith — 13:4, 13:13
- 1 Maccabees — 5:45
- 2 Maccabees — 10:6
- Psalms — 41:7
- Wisdom — 15:8
- Isaiah — 22:5, 22:24, 33:4
- Jeremiah — 6:13, 38:34, 49:1, 49:8, 51:12
- Baruch — 1:4
- Ezekiel — 43:14
- Jonah — 3:5
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
- 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
- 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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