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1 Chronicles 16:19

When ye were but few, even a few, and strangers in it.

KJV

cum essent pauci numero, parvi et coloni ejus.

Vulgate

ἐν τῷ γενέσθαι αὐτοὺς ὀλιγοστοὺς ἀριθμῷ ὡς ἐσμικρύνθησαν καὶ παρῴκησαν ἐν αὐτῇ.

LXX

When ye were but a few men in number, Yea, very few, and sojourners in it;

ASV

בִּֽ/הְיֽוֹתְ/כֶם֙ מְתֵ֣י מִסְפָּ֔ר כִּ/מְעַ֖ט וְ/גָרִ֥ים בָּֽ/הּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

גָּ֣ר
gr
verb · 98×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
מְעַ֣ט
m't
noun · 101×
מְתֵ֣י
mty
noun · 22×
מִסְפַּ֣ר
mspr
noun · 134×

Cross-references

  • Deut 7:7 — The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people:
  • Gen 34:30 — And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather them