μικρός, -ά, -όν

[in LXX chiefly for קָטָן, מָעַט ;]

small, little;

__1. of persons;

__(a) lit. of stature: Mrk.15:40 (MM, iii, xvi; on the view that age is meant, see Deiss. BS, 144), Luk.19:3; οἱ μ. the little ones, Mat.18:6, 10 18:14, Mrk.9:42;

__(b) hence metaphorically, of rank or influence (cf. Dalman, Words, 113 f.) : Mat.10:42, Luk.17:2, Act.8:10 26:22, Heb.8:11" (LXX), Rev.11:18 13:16 19:5, 18 20:12; compar. -ότερος, Mat.11:11, Luk.7:28 9:48.

__2. Of things;

__(a) of size : Mat.13:32 Mrk.4:31, Jas.3:5;

__(b) of quantity: Luk.12:32, 1Co.5:6, Gal.5:9, Rev.3:8;

__(with) of time : Jhn.7:33 12:35, Rev.6:11 20:3.

__3. Neut. μικρόν, used adverbially;

__(a) of distance: Mat.26:39, Mrk.14:35;

__(b) of quantity: 2Co.11:1 11:16;

__(with) of time : Jhn.13:33 14:19 16:16-19, Heb.10:37; μετὰ μ. Mat.26:73, Mrk.14:70.†

(AS)

small; little; the little ones