μικρός

μικρός — mikrós

μικρός, μικρά, μικρόν, comparitive μικρότερος, μικροτερα, ἐρον (from Homer down), the Sept. for קָטֹן, קָטָן, מְעַט, small, little; used a. of size: Mat 13:32; Mar 4:31; hence, of stature, τῇ ἡλικία, Luk 19:3; of length, Jas 3:5.

b. of space: neuter προελθών (προσελθών, T Tr WH marginal reading in Matthew, Tr WH marginal reading in Mark (see προσέρχομαι, a.)) μικρόν, having gone forward a little, Mat 26:39; Mar 14:35 (cf. Winers Grammar, § 32,6; Buttmann, § 131, 11f).

c. of age: less by birth, younger, Mar 15:40 (others take this of stature); οἱ μικροί, the little ones, young children, Mat 18:6; Mat 18:10; Mat 18:14; Mar 9:42; ἐπο μικροῦ ἕως μεγάλου (A. V. from the least to the greatest), Act 8:10; Heb 8:11 (Jer 6:13; Jeremiah 38:34 ); μικρός τέ καί μέγας (both small and great) i. e. all, Act 26:22; plural, Rev 11:18; Rev 13:16; Rev 19:5; Rev 19:18; Rev 20:12.

d. of time, short, brief: neuter — nominative, ἔτι (or ἔτι omitted) μικρόν (namely, ἔσται) καί (yet) a little while and etc. i. e. shortly (this shall come to pass), Joh 14:19; John 16:16f, 19 ((cf. Exo 17:4)); ἔτι μικρόν ὅσον ὅσον (see ὅσος, a.); without καί, Heb 10:37 (Isa 26:20); τό μικρόν (Tr WH omits τό), Joh 16:18; — μικρόν accusative (of duration), Joh 13:33 (Job 36:2); μικρόν χρόνον, Joh 7:33; Joh 12:35; Rev 6:11; Rev 20:3; μετά μικρόν, after a little while, Mat 26:73; Mar 14:70, (πρό μικροῦ, Wis 15:8).

e. of quantity, i. e. number or amount: μικρά ζύμη, 1Co 5:6; Gal 5:9; of number, μικρόν ποιμιον, Luk 12:32; of quantity, μικρά δύναμις, Rev 3:8; neuter μικρόν (τί), a little, 2Co 11:1; 2Co 11:16.

f. of rank or influence: Mat 10:42; Luk 9:48; Luk 17:2; ὁ μικρότερος ἐν τῇ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν, he that is inferior to the other citizens of the kingdom of heaven in knowledge of the gospel (R. V. but little in etc.; cf. Winers Grammar, 244 (229); Buttmann, § 123, 13), Mat 11:11; Luk 7:28.