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== Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_77744" /> == | == Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_77744" /> == | ||
<div> | <div> '''A — 1: '''''Ὀλίγος''''' ''' (Strong'S #3641 — Adjective — oligos — ol-ee'-gos ) </div> <p> used of number quantity, and size, denotes "few, little, small, slight," e.g., Matthew 7:14; 9:37; 15:34; 20:16; neuter plural, "a few things," Matthew 25:21,23; Revelation 2:14 (20 in some mss.); in Ephesians 3:3 , the phrase en oligo, in brief, is translated "in a few words." </p> <div> '''A — 2: '''''Βραχύς''''' ''' (Strong'S #1024 — Adjective — brachus — brakh-ooce' ) </div> <p> denotes (a) "short," in regard to time, e.g., Hebrews 2:7; or distance, Acts 27:28; (b) "few," in regard to quantity, Hebrews 13:22 , in the phrase dia bracheon, lit., "by means of few," i.e., "in few words." See Little. </p> Luke 10:42 <div> '''B — 1: '''''Συντόμως''''' ''' (Strong'S #4935 — Adverb — suntomos — soon-tom'-oce ) </div> <p> "concisely, briefly, cut short" (from suntemno, "to cut in pieces," sun, used intensively, temno, "to cut"), occurs in the speech of Tertullus, Acts 24:4 . </p> | ||
== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_60152" /> == | == King James Dictionary <ref name="term_60152" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> FEW, a. L. pauci. The senses of few and small are often united. </p> <p> Not many small in number. Party is the madness of many for the gain of a few but few men, in times of party, regard the maxim. </p> | ||
== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_121629" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_121629" /> == | ||
Latest revision as of 13:50, 14 October 2021
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [1]
used of number quantity, and size, denotes "few, little, small, slight," e.g., Matthew 7:14; 9:37; 15:34; 20:16; neuter plural, "a few things," Matthew 25:21,23; Revelation 2:14 (20 in some mss.); in Ephesians 3:3 , the phrase en oligo, in brief, is translated "in a few words."
denotes (a) "short," in regard to time, e.g., Hebrews 2:7; or distance, Acts 27:28; (b) "few," in regard to quantity, Hebrews 13:22 , in the phrase dia bracheon, lit., "by means of few," i.e., "in few words." See Little.
Luke 10:42
"concisely, briefly, cut short" (from suntemno, "to cut in pieces," sun, used intensively, temno, "to cut"), occurs in the speech of Tertullus, Acts 24:4 .
King James Dictionary [2]
FEW, a. L. pauci. The senses of few and small are often united.
Not many small in number. Party is the madness of many for the gain of a few but few men, in times of party, regard the maxim.
Webster's Dictionary [3]
(superl.) Not many; small, limited, or confined in number; - indicating a small portion of units or individuals constituing a whole; often, by ellipsis of a noun, a few people.
