Few

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

A — 1: Ὀλίγος (Strong'S #3641 — Adjective — oligos — ol-ee'-gos )

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."

A — 2: Βραχύς (Strong'S #1024 — Adjective — brachus — brakh-ooce' )

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

B — 1: Συντόμως (Strong'S #4935 — Adverb — suntomos — soon-tom'-oce )

"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

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

(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.