5 occurrences

'Small' in the Bible

But it happened that after they had taken it to Gath, the hand of the Lord was against the city, causing an extremely great panic [because of the deaths from the plague], for He struck the people of the city, both young and old, and tumors broke out on them.

Samuel said, “Is it not true that even though you were small (insignificant) in your own eyes, you were made the head of the tribes of Israel? And the Lord anointed you king over Israel,

Verse ConceptsHeadshipKingsSmallnessTimidityAnointing KingsI Am Unimportant

Jonathan said to him, “Far from it! You shall not die. My father does nothing important or insignificant without telling me. So why would he hide this thing from me? It is not so!”

Verse ConceptsSmallnessFar Be It!Things RevealedThose Who Did Not Tell

and they had taken captive the women [and all] who were there, both small and great. They killed no one, but carried them off [to be used as slaves] and went on their way.

Nothing of theirs was missing whether small or great, sons or daughters, spoil or anything that had been taken; David recovered it all.

Verse ConceptsLackNo LossMissing SomeoneBeing Lost

Bible Theasaurus

Belittled (2 instances)
Diminished (15 instances)
Faint (84 instances)
Halfway (6 instances)
Meager (3 instances)
Minor (10 instances)
Minute (21 instances)
Moderate (1 instance)
Modest (8 instances)