8 occurrences

'Small' in the Bible

She said, "I would like to ask you for just one small favor. Please don't refuse me." He said, "Go ahead and ask, my mother, for I would not refuse you."

Verse ConceptsSmallness

That day the king consecrated the middle of the courtyard that is in front of the Lord's temple. He offered there burnt sacrifices, grain offerings, and the fat from the peace offerings, because the bronze altar that stood before the Lord was too small to hold all these offerings.

Verse ConceptsCourtyardFatnessGrainSmall ThingsSacrifice On The Bronze AltarFat Of The SacrificesMaking Cereal Offerings And LibationsCourts Of The Temple

He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three minas of gold were used for each of these shields. The king placed them in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest.

Verse ConceptsForestsThree To Four HundredRoyal HousesThree Hundred And AboveWeights Of Gold

Hadad, who was only a small boy at the time, escaped with some of his father's Edomite servants and headed for Egypt.

Take ten loaves of bread, some small cakes, and a container of honey and visit him. He will tell you what will happen to the boy."

Verse ConceptsPresentsTen Things

Elijah said to her, "Don't be afraid. Go and do as you planned. But first make a small cake for me and bring it to me; then make something for yourself and your son.

Verse ConceptsSmallnessSacrificial GivingBreadcooking

The seventh time the servant said, "Look, a small cloud, the size of the palm of a man's hand, is rising up from the sea." Elijah then said, "Go and tell Ahab, 'Hitch up the chariots and go down, so that the rain won't overtake you.'"

Verse ConceptsChariotsSmallnessSmall Things God UsesSmall ThingsAvoid Being Hindered

When the Israelites had mustered and had received their supplies, they marched out to face them in battle. When the Israelites deployed opposite them, they were like two small flocks of goats, but the Syrians filled the land.

Verse ConceptsMany CombatantsSmallnessTwo GroupsFew People

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)

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