ΜΙΚΡΩ, μικρω
MIKRŌ, mikrō
Sounds Like: mee-KROH
Translations: a little, shortly, small, little
From the root: ΜΙΚΡΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is an adjective meaning 'small' or 'little'. In the dative case, as seen here, it often functions adverbially, meaning 'by a little' or 'a little bit'. When used with 'πρότερον' (earlier), it translates to 'a little earlier' or 'shortly before'. It describes a small quantity, degree, or duration.
Inflection: Singular, Dative, Masculine or Neuter
Strong’s number: G3398 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 1:17
Clement of Rome
- Clement’s First Letter — 59:1
Codex Sinaiticus
Ignatius of Antioch
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Four — 10:35
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Acts — 26:22
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
- 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
- ΜΙΚΡΩΝ — of small, of little, of small things, of little things
- ΜΙΚΡΩΣ — a little, for a little while, briefly, slightly
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