σμικρύνω
make small, diminish
Where this word appears
Every passage where σμικρύνω appears in the Greek Septuagint — 5 occurrences in all. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text is shown in the LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- 1 Chronicles 16:19 σμικρύνω when they were few in number, when they were but little, and lived as strangers in it;
- 1 Chronicles 17:17 σμικρύνω And these things were little in your sight, O God: you have also spoken concerning the house of your servant for a long time to come, and you have looked upon me as a man looks upon his fellow, and have exalted me, O Lord God.
- Psalms 88:46 σμικρύνω How long, O Lord, will you turn away, for ever? shall your anger flame out as fire?
- Psalms 106:38 σμικρύνω And he blesses them, and they multiply exceedingly, and he diminishes not the number of their cattle.
- Jeremiah 36:6 σμικρύνω and take you⌃ wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, and be multiplied, and be not diminished.
About this word
About this word
σμικρύνω (smikrýnō), “make small, diminish,” is a word from the Greek Septuagint — the ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew Old Testament. It does not occur in the Greek New Testament, so it carries no Strong’s number from Thayer’s (New-Testament) lexicon; the gloss shown here is a curated modern-English sense rather than a Strong’s definition. It appears 5 times across the Septuagint — open the Appearances tab to read it in context.
The gloss above is Lemma’s own curated sense — this word carries no Strong’s number, so no lexicon we ship has an entry for it. The transliteration and this passage list are computed here from the tagged Septuagint text. What Lemma adds →
