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<div> '''1: | <div> '''1: '''''Μόλις''''' ''' (Strong'S #3433 — Adverb — molis — mol'-is ) </div> <p> signifies "with difficulty, hardly" (from molos, "toil"). In Luke 9:39 , it is rendered "hardly," of the "difficulty" in the departure of a demon. In Acts 27:7,8,16 , where the AV has three different renderings, "scarce," "hardly," and "much work," respectively, the RV has "with difficulty" in each place. For its other meanings, "scarce, scarcely," see Acts 14:18; Romans 5:7; 1—Peter 4:18 . See [[Hardly]] , No. 3. </p> | ||
== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_110579" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_110579" /> == | ||
<p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) The state of being difficult, or hard to do; hardness; arduousness; - opposed to easiness or facility; as, the difficulty of a task or enterprise; a work of difficulty. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) Something difficult; a thing hard to do or to understand; that which occasions labor or perplexity, and requires skill and perseverance to overcome, solve, or achieve; a hard enterprise; an obstacle; an impediment; as, the difficulties of a science; difficulties in theology. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' n.) | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) The state of being difficult, or hard to do; hardness; arduousness; - opposed to easiness or facility; as, the difficulty of a task or enterprise; a work of difficulty. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) Something difficult; a thing hard to do or to understand; that which occasions labor or perplexity, and requires skill and perseverance to overcome, solve, or achieve; a hard enterprise; an obstacle; an impediment; as, the difficulties of a science; difficulties in theology. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' n.) A controversy; a falling out; a disagreement; an objection; a cavil. </p> <p> '''(4):''' ''' (''' n.) Embarrassment of affairs, especially financial affairs; - usually in the plural; as, to be in difficulties. </p> | ||
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Latest revision as of 13:47, 14 October 2021
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [1]
signifies "with difficulty, hardly" (from molos, "toil"). In Luke 9:39 , it is rendered "hardly," of the "difficulty" in the departure of a demon. In Acts 27:7,8,16 , where the AV has three different renderings, "scarce," "hardly," and "much work," respectively, the RV has "with difficulty" in each place. For its other meanings, "scarce, scarcely," see Acts 14:18; Romans 5:7; 1—Peter 4:18 . See Hardly , No. 3.
Webster's Dictionary [2]
(1): ( n.) The state of being difficult, or hard to do; hardness; arduousness; - opposed to easiness or facility; as, the difficulty of a task or enterprise; a work of difficulty.
(2): ( n.) Something difficult; a thing hard to do or to understand; that which occasions labor or perplexity, and requires skill and perseverance to overcome, solve, or achieve; a hard enterprise; an obstacle; an impediment; as, the difficulties of a science; difficulties in theology.
(3): ( n.) A controversy; a falling out; a disagreement; an objection; a cavil.
(4): ( n.) Embarrassment of affairs, especially financial affairs; - usually in the plural; as, to be in difficulties.