6 occurrences in 12 translations

'Few' in the Bible

Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take for your sons wives, and your daughters give to husbands, and they bear sons and daughters; and multiply there, and ye are not few;

Verse ConceptsMarriage AllowedHusband And WifeMarriage KjvFather And Daughter RelationshipsFathers And DaughtersBuilding RelationshipsLeaving Parents For SpouseFathers Responsibilitiesspousemarraigematrimony

And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.

Verse ConceptsMultiplyingThanksgivingRestored JoyGod Multipling PeopleSource Of HonourBeing Thankful For BlessingsCelebrationThankscelebrating

And said unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we beseech thee, our supplication be accepted before thee, and pray for us unto the LORD thy God, even for all this remnant; (for we are left but a few of many, as thine eyes do behold us:)

Verse ConceptsRemnantFew PeoplePray For Ussupplicationpetition

Then the remnant of Judah—those going to live for a while there in the land of Egypt—will have no fugitive or survivor to return to the land of Judah where they are longing to return to live, for they will not return except for a few fugitives.”

Verse ConceptsFugitivesRemnantNo Survivors

Those who escape the sword will return from the land of Egypt to the land of Judah only few in number, and the whole remnant of Judah, the ones going to the land of Egypt to live there for a while, will know whose word stands, Mine or theirs!

Verse ConceptsKnowingFew People

If grape pickers came to pick your grapes, would they not leave a few grapes behind? If robbers came at night, would they not pillage only what they needed?

Verse ConceptsNightGleaning

Bible Theasaurus

Infrequent (1 instance)

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
מעט 
Ma`at 
Usage: 22

מת 
Math 
men , few , few , friends , number , persons , small , with
Usage: 21

ὀλίγος 
Oligos 
Usage: 28

מזער 
Miz`ar 
very , few
Usage: 4

מספּר 
Micpar 
Usage: 132

מעט מעט 
M@`at 
Usage: 101

קצר 
Qatser 
Usage: 5

βραχύς 
Brachus 
Usage: 7

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