μικρός, -ά, -όν,
[in LXX chiefly for קָטֹן, מְעָט;]
small, little;
1. of persons;
(a) lit., of stature: Mk 15:40 (MM, iii, xvi; on the view that age is meant, v. Deiss., BS, 144), Lk 19:3; οἱ μ., the little ones, Mt 18:6, 10, 14, Mk 9:42;
(b) hence metaph., of rank or influence (cf. Dalman, Words, 113 f.): Mt 10:42, Lk 17:2, Ac 8:1026:22, He 8:11(LXX), Re 11:1813:1619:5, 1820:12; compar., -ότερος, Mt 11:11, Lk 7:289:48.
2. Of things;
(a) of size: Mt 13:32, Mk 4:31, Ja 3:5;
(b) of quantity: Lk 12:32, I Co 5:6, Ga 5:9, Re 3:8;
(c) of time: Jo 7:3312:35, Re 6:1120:3.
3. Neut., μικρόν, used adverbially;
(a) of distance: Mt 26:39, Mk 14:35;
(b) of quantity: II Co 11:1, 16;
(c) of time: Jo 13:3314:1916:16-19, He 10:37; μετὰ μ., Mt 26:73, Mk 14:70.†