11 occurrences

'Less' in the Bible

Deliver me, I pray Thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I am fearing him, less he come and have smitten me -- mother beside sons;

Verse ConceptsRest, PhysicalKilling Whole FamiliesFear Of IndividualsPeople Attacking Their OwnMotherhood

To-day have I begun to ask for him at God? far be it from me! let not the king lay anything against his servant, against any of the house of my father, for thy servant hath known nothing of all this, less or more.'

Verse ConceptsIgnorant Of Facts

And Abigail cometh in unto Nabal, and lo, he hath a banquet in his house, like a banquet of the king, and the heart of Nabal is glad within him, and he is drunk unto excess, and she hath not declared to him anything, less or more, till the light of the morning.

Verse ConceptsDawnGluttonyFeastingExcessdrinking, abstention fromBanquets, ActivitiesDrunkenness, Examples OfMerrinessRevelryDrunk IndividualsThose Who Did Not Tell

But, is it true? -- God dwelleth on the earth! lo, the heavens, and the heavens of the heavens do not contain Thee, how much less this house which I have builded!

Verse ConceptsGod, As SpiritGod, Present EverywhereGod's OmnipresenceGod Is TranscendentGod, InfiniteHeaven, God's HabitationGod, Presence OfGod's DwellingGod Being Outside Of Creation

(for is it true? -- God dwelleth with man on the earth! Lo, the heavens, and the heavens of the heavens, do not contain Thee, how much less this house that I have built?)

Verse ConceptsGod, As SpiritGod, Present EverywhereHeaven, God's HabitationGod, InfiniteGod's Dwelling

How much less do I -- I answer Him? Choose out my words with Him?

Verse ConceptsAnswering God

How much less man -- a grub, And the son of man -- a worm!

Verse ConceptsSon Of ManMan, Insignificance OfMaggotsMere Menworms

Not comely for a fool is a lip of excellency, Much less for a noble a lip of falsehood.

Verse ConceptsKings Warned AboutArrogance, Characterizes The WickedEleganceLyingUnfitting Things

Luxury is not comely for a fool, Much less for a servant to rule among princes.

Verse ConceptsDissipationPromotionSurplusUnfitting ThingsUnsuitable Ruleego

All the nations are as nothing before Him, Less than nothing and emptiness, They have been reckoned to Him.

Verse ConceptsOther Unimportant People

Lo, in its being perfect it is not used for work, How much less, when fire hath eaten of it, And it is scorched, Hath it been used yet for work?

Verse ConceptsScorching

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
μήπως μήπως 
mepos 
Usage: 12

μήποτε μήποτε 
mepote 
lest , lest at any time , whether or not , lest haply , if peradventure , no ... not at all , not tr
Usage: 12

בּל 
Bal 
none, not, nor, lest, nothing, not, neither, no
Usage: 69

בּלתּי 
Biltiy 
but, except, save, nothing, lest, no, from, inasmuch, and not
Usage: 109

לשׁם 
Leshem 
Usage: 2

מטּה 
Mattah 
Usage: 19

מעט 
Ma`at 
Usage: 22

מען 
Ma`an 
that, for, to, to the end, because of, lest, to the intent
Usage: 271

פּן 
Pen 
Usage: 132

קטן קטן 
Qatan 
Usage: 101

ἄτιμος 
Atimos 
Usage: 2

ἐλάσσων ἐλάττων 
Elasson 
Usage: 4

ἐλαχιστότερος 
Elachistoteros 
Usage: 1

ἥττον 
hetton 
Usage: 2

μή 
me 
not , no , that not , God forbid 9 , lest , neither , no man , but , none , not translated ,
Usage: 493

μικρός μικρότερος 
Mikros 
Usage: 15