Difference between revisions of "Difficulty"

<div> '''1: '''''Μόλις''''' ''' (Strong'S #3433 — Adverb — molis — mol'-is ) </div> <p> signifies "with difficulty, hardly" (from molos, "toil"). In &nbsp;Luke 9:39 , it is rendered "hardly," of the "difficulty" in the departure of a demon. In &nbsp;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 &nbsp;Acts 14:18; &nbsp;Romans 5:7; &nbsp;1—Peter 4:18 . See [[Hardly]] , No. 3. </p>

<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>